fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
devotion; attachment; infatuation
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
isolation; being alone; being friendless
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
ticket machine; ticket-vending machine
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
looking furious; looking like one's about to blow their top
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
storehouse; warehouse; godown
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
duty; function; office; mission; task
to sweat and slave; to toil away
the scruff or nape of the neck
adviser; advisor; consultant
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji