mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
you (plural); all of you; you all
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
with a start; with a jump
Tabasco; jalapeno sauce; pepper sauce
just past noon; afternoon
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
mille-feuille (type of pastry)
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
outside of; not covered by
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
level of happiness; degree of happiness
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
split; division; break up
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
doppelgänger; doppelganger
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
light work; light-duty work
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)