to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
exactly as stated; verbatim
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
unpopular (esp. with the opposite sex); undatable
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
and; thereupon; because of that
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
time to pay the piper; (lit.) time to pay the land tax (in kind)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
head; chief; boss; leader