it's not like; it isn't as if
shameless; shameless person
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
conviction; belief; confidence
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to cause someone to worry
to knit one's brows; to frown
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
in this manner; in this way; like this
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
anything and everything; just about everything
belief; faith; conviction
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
entremets; intermezzo; small palate-cleansing dish served between courses
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away