paints; painting material
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
gang of young toughs; hooligans; hoodlums; hoods; yobbos
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
chair; stool; post; office; position
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
rack or hanger for hanging kimono, coats, etc.
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
to apologize; to apologise
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to pass (of time); to elapse
many; a lot; much; multitude
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
one or two; a few; small number
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
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
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
personal; individual; private
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips