gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
one's share; one's portion
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
it is not (like that) either
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
secret; private; surreptitious
popular line (of products); best-selling line; hot sellers
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
rising; ascending; climbing
circulation (of the blood)
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
in perfect form; going swimmingly
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to be embarrassed; to lose face