to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
failure; mistake; blunder
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
senior high school student
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
how long; how far; how much
how much; how many; however
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)