stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
nonchalant air; unruffled air
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to let out a cry; to break forth
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
overconfident; presumptuous
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
society; public; community; social studies
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)
adoration; admiration; devotion
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after