debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
one person; another name; nickname; alias
composed expression; clear face
to slap; to strike; to spank
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to toady; to be obsequious
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
frosted (glass); matted; disillusionment; letdown
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
is something that; is that which
way out; means to escape; escape route
to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue
to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting