coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
establishment; settlement
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
most difficult; next to impossible
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
vitality; energy; dynamism
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
upper half of the body; upper body
not yet known; unknown; strange
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate; stalking horse; spoiler
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
fifth day of the month; five days
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
error (in the operation of a machine, vehicle, etc.); operation mistake; operational error
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent