strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
you could say; you might say; verging on the
here and there; everywhere
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
addict; junkie; substance abuser
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
sequel; later development
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details
certainly; surely; definitely
compensating; making up for; supplementation
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
to stare back (at); to glare back
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal