treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
rascal; mischievous kid; naughty child
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
everyday life; daily life
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
cold reception; inhospitality
useful thing; usable article; present; gift
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
hard to handle; difficult to handle; awkward to handle; hard to deal with; unwieldy
indescribable; having no way to express
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
to be talented; to be able
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
freedom; free man; free woman