moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
stifled (laughter); simmering
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
correction; revision; amendment
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
surname; family name; last name
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
older brother and younger sister
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
discovery; detection; finding
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
beriberi; tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape)
digital voice recorder; field recorder
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
recorder (e.g. tape recorder, time recorder); recording device; recorder (musical instrument); English flute
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
to repeat; to do something over again
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
to not believe one's ears
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin