(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
custom; habit; customary practice
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to call each other; to call out to one another
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
thump; thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy)
to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points
to talk the night away; to talk all night
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
sublime; noble; high-minded
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to bow slightly; to make a slight bow
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
story; tale; talk; discussion
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping
one's elders or superiors
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
longstanding desire or goal
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man