nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
and so; therefore; for that reason
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
anything and everything; just about everything
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to suppress one's emotions
more than anything; above all else
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
respect and affection; love and respect
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to say no more; to sink into silence
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan