reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
love or affection for one's parents
good young man; agreeable youth
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
irresponsible; blithe; heedless; devil-may-care; sloppy; slipshod
outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour
physical strength; muscle strength
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
related to; in relation to
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets
covered with; stained; smeared
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to nitpick; to complain about trifles
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
along the road; along the way
idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to hate each other; to hate mutually
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)