gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
sense of being victimized; aggrieved feelings; victim mentality; victim's mind
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
with a start; with a jump
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
desperately; for one's dear life
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to tear off; to strip; to rob
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
all you have to do is; just; that's all
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)