unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
boiled octopus; person with red flushed skin
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
if you think about it; come to think of it
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
else; in addition; besides
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
to seize; to grab; to collar
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops