anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
unfairness; injustice; partiality
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
loved one; lover; sweetheart
person of doubtful origin
having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
private first-class (army); airman first class (air force); lance corporal (US Marines; Commonwealth military); seaman (navy)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
high and low (social standing)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
to entrust; to leave to a person
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
manners; behavior; behaviour
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
to take a veneer off something
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids