other people's affairs; someone 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
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
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 someone else
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
putting one's hands behind one's back; having one's hands behind one's back; behind; rear; back
lack of expression; lack of emotion; 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 be talkative; to have a glib tongue; to speak fluently; to be a good talker
to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition