hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to stare back at; to look back at
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish