indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
influencing (a person) for good
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
how long; how far; how much
Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
powdered medicine; powder
medical cream; ointment; salve; liniment
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
grandfather; male senior-citizen
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
to indicate; to show; to point to
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
different opinion; objection
to revere; to respect; to worship
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
theory of origins; origin hypothesis
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
all present; all concerned; all of us
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
to mix; to stir; to blend
the world in general; society; convention
strict; close; precise; scrupulous