to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
just because; even if; even though
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
insolent fellow; rude fellow
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
teething ring; pacifier; dummy; blowjob
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
draw; tie; quits; even; square
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
to solicit; to demand; to extort
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
Shounen Jump (weekly magazine)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing