so to speak; so to call it; as it were
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
due form; official; formality
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
overconfident; presumptuous
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
engineering firm; contractor
construction; establishment
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)