sounds good; sure thing; no problem
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
going up and down; going back and forth
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
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
open air; outdoors; outside
to knock down; to send flying
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
though; even if; whether ... or ...
constable; method of catching criminals
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
specialization; specialisation
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
household; home; family; housekeeping
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly