resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
being filled with; being full of; permeation
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to change completely; to change suddenly
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss