trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
inland sea; inlet; gulf; (arch.) lake
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
business discussion; negotiation
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
rude person; insolent person
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
technical term; terminology; jargon
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
to emphasize; to attach importance to