malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
loveable; very likeable; like very much
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
progress; advance; improvement; development
human relations; personal relationships
very; extremely; exceedingly
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
(political) power; authority; influence
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
considerably; fairly; quite
to be damaged; to receive damage
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
paints; painting material
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-