painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
female university student; female college student
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
flood of customers; roaring business
to smash violently; to crush
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
logo; Logo (programming language)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
clientele; customer stratum
absence; disregard; indifference
to need; to call for; to require
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
full use; extensive use; complete utilization
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking