small number; few; minority
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
place where one works; construction site; working area
opposite side; other side; other party
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
(your) daughter; young woman
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
neat and clean; tidy; trim
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
street; quarter; district; area
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination