treatment; service; handling; management
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
some book; book about that subject; books
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
rope; cord; policeman's rope
strong-willed; strong of heart
secondary disease; complications
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
wastebasket; wastepaper basket