lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
as before; as ever; as it was originally
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
excursion; field trip; school trip
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
light trap (for killing insects)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around