handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
anything and everything; just about everything
pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
society; the world; the times
world; society; people; the public
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
good-natured person; nice person
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
deep affection; dear; beloved
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to pretend; to act (as if)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
this sort of; this type of