self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
straightforwardly; being outspoken
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
second basement level; subbasement
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
the opposite sex; isomerism
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
three-digit number; hundreds column
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
dear me; I mean; or rather
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
by itself; automatically; naturally
and; thereupon; because of that
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
different opinion; objection
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work