to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum; to fly into a rage
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to have the memory of having done something oneself
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
green foxtail (Setaria viridis); green bristlegrass
to undergo surgery; to have an operation
certificate; credentials; testimonial
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
geisha; dressed-up beautiful woman
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent; adoring parent; doting parent
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
long ago; a long time ago; already