a laughingstock; a standing joke
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(verbal) abuse; abusive language
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
sofa; couch; lounge chair
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
fine weather; splendid weather
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
with a friendly grin; smilingly
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
such; like that; that sort of; very
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
popular person; favorite; favourite
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
whereabout; about where; how much
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely