tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
diligent; hard-working; industrious
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
(short) rest; breather; break
sobering up; method of sobering up
to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
tall figure; high stature
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
ninjōbon; novel from the late Edo period focused on the love stories of ordinary townsfolk
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
mask; disguise; guise; mask
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica); blister beetle; oil beetle
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries