reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
personal; individual; private
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
dealing with; coping with
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
impossible; unlikely; improbable
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
good feeling; feeling good
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
to be opposite; to face each other
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity