whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
slight; thin; on the weak side
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
rock 'n' roll; rock and roll
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
musical composition title; song title
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets; bisexuality; player who can play as both pitcher and fielder; dual sword wielding; two-sword fencing
mental aspect; mental side
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing (boxing); swing
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
mature woman; middle-aged woman
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
desperation; self-abandonment
to finish reading; to read through
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
going on a pleasure jaunt
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired