recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
clearing one's throat; cough
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to be extremely embarrassed; to burn with shame
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
cabinet; housing (of equipment)
in the same way as; just like
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
match (to light fire with)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
youthful; young; young-looking