fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
depending on; dependent on
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
confused; flustered; at a loss
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
one by one; in detail; minutely
to need; to demand; to take; to require
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
in that way; like that; that way
every year; yearly; annually
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent
mixing things of different type (alternately or at the same time); mixture; dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
leaving for the capital; leaving the capital
first day of the month; character sketch; comments on personalities; commentary
first day of the month; character sketch; comments on personalities; commentary
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities