absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
what kind of business; what sort of matter
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
to have an idea; to have a clue
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
unfairness; injustice; partiality
like this; this sort; this way
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to be hesitant; to feel timid
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
precocity; early ripening; premature development
just because; even if; even though
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
very young; little; childish; immature
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
healthy; sound; wholesome