to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
quick work; (clever) feat
murder; homicide; manslaughter
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
forcibly; against one's will
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
if so; in that case; in that situation
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to call again; to call someone back
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
troubled face; worried expression
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
charcoal; charred remains
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
since then; from that time; ever since
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
samue; monk's working clothes
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on