serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
silence (not speaking); muteness
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
very wealthy person; millionaire
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful