drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
transfer; transport; transportation
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
pictoral guide to (Japanese) flora; illustrated flora reference book
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
common knowledge; well-known fact
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
supreme; greatest; highest; best
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
agreement; stipulation; contract
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided