office (e.g. the Oval Office)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
performance of one's official duties
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
a little tight; a little snug; a little strong; a little harsh
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
bolt from the blue; great surprise
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
slimy; slippery; (moving) slowly
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to complain; to lodge a complaint
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
secretly having a dark past; having a guilty conscience
and then; and so; and; so then
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster