to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
clerk; office worker; office staff
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
don't worry about it; forget about it
mass communication; mass media
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say