scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to summon courage; to be brave
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
body build; physique; frame
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
rather; sooner; preferably
called; known as; that; to say
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to face on; to look out on to
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
trio; gang of three; threesome
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount