poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
I don't want to boast but
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
what kind of; what sort of; what
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
hello; good day; good afternoon
pronunciation; production of sound
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable