clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
nothing but; none other than
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
after school (at the end of the day)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
pixie (mythical creatures from Cornish folklore)
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
polish (jewels); cultivation
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
depending on; dependent on
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
president (of a society); chairman
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
participant; entrant; player; competitor
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
why; how; for what reason
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
strong person; the strong; the powerful
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally