fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
first meeting; first interview with
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
monkey-like face (e.g. protruding ears); simian features
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
general; popular; common; typical
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
at a young age; while still young
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
no need to guess; certainly
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
incessant talking; rapid talking
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)