sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
child's mind; child's heart; young mind
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); chili pepper; nanban
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
unspecified large number (of people)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)