holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
Kagawa prefecture (Shikoku)
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
to continue to do; to persist in doing
understood; I see; OK; present; here
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
name; given name; first name
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
independent action; acting alone
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
true character; real nature
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
that's the way it is; such is life
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)