with a friendly grin; smilingly
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
as a child; when one was a child
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
everything; anything; nothing
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to be needed; to be wanted
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
very busy (person or thing)
all over Japan; throughout Japan
safety; welfare; well-being
mobile toilet; portable toilet; simple toilet
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
normal duties; (one's) regular work
the other day; a few days ago
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care