plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
vitality; energy; dynamism
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers