concession; conciliation; compromise
even if not; even without
swindler; imposter; crook
beginning; clue; starting point
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
low table; table with very short legs
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
side table; bedside table
sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to lick off; to take (something) off by licking
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
gesture; gesticulation; motion
outside world; physical world
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to become better; to improve
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
nervousness; oversensitivity
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
to knit one's brows; to frown