chivalry; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong; yakuza
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
to book a seat; to take a seat
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
Hinamatsuri (March 3); Hina Matsuri; Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
to half-rise to one's feet
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
members; member; constituent
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
circular; circulating letter
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
chicken; chicken game; chicken race
you could say; you might say; verging on the
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
ability; performance; efficiency
overhear; happened to hear that
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
spy; secret agent; spying
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
flashy; gaudy; flamboyant
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy