it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
violent explosion; bursting
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
physical condition; state of health
odds and ends; all; every
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to tower over the surroundings
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to shave off; to scrape off
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
sex maniac; seducer; libertine; Lothario; rake
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
being somewhat excited (agitated)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that