depending on; dependent upon; relying on
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
leaving everything up to someone else
simple; easy; simplistic; inexpensive; cheap
curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
squelching; gurgling; bubbling; raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
headlock (wrestling move)
the whole face; (wearing an expression) all over one's face
goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
brackish waters (of an estuary)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
ability to ignore bad things happening to one; power to not get upset or worked up (by ignoring something)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
trackless; reckless; dissipated
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
fort; stronghold; fortification
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
first generation; founder