blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
anonymity; using an assumed name
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake
to rise; to erect; to get up
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to grimace; to make a wry face
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)