staff member; employee; worker; personnel
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
that is to say; so that means
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
program (e.g. TV); programme
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
someone; a certain person
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
Venus (goddess); Venus (planet)
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
fraud; cheating; foul play; trickery; hoax; swindle
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
pornographic photo book; erotic photo book; pornographic comic book; hentai comic book
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
uniformity; standardization; standardisation
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag
charming; fascinating; attractive
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
distant look; faraway look