to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
affable; sociable; friendly
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; gun; pistol
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
waking; waking up; awakening
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to rest one's chin in one's hands
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
holding something on one's palm or hand (esp. small animal or bird)
two (long cylindrical things)
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
bright sunshine; broad daylight
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
Orient Express (European long-distance passenger train service, 1883-2009)
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
suspense (esp. in a film, novel, etc.)
it hasn't been long since
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
scarab (Egyptian gemstone); scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabaeus sacer)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
strong; resolute; firm; strict