reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to speak; to hear a voice
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
genuine article; real thing; real deal
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
originally; by nature; from the start
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
height (of body); stature
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
upper half of the body; upper body
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
bursting at the seams; bulging
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
Western goods; Western things; imported goods
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
hostility; animosity; enmity