no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
just because; even if; even though
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
based on; on the basis of
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
complicity (in a crime); collusion
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
makikomi (judo throw); vehicle accident involving a turn (e.g. when a car turns and hits a bicycle that was going straight); left-turn accident; right-turn accident