to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to comfort; to console; to amuse
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
right beside; close to; nearby
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
business rival; professional jealousy
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
charming; fascinating; attractive
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue