this company; this firm; this shrine
incorporated nonprofit organization
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
your company; your shrine
senior; elder; person older than oneself
youth; minor; young people
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to close (one's eyes); to shut
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
in proportion to; according to; depending on
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
beyond that point; after that
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
to bury; to embed; to implant
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
conference room; council room
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky