stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
firm promise; definite promise
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
tie-in sale; product bundle
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
directly under; falling perpendicularly
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
turning a film, novel, etc. into a manga