hairstyle with hair cut short to typical men's hair length
freckles; buckwheat chaff
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
trusted (friend); close (relationship)
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
old friend; old acquaintance
about; concerning; related to; -ish
these guys; these fellows
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to increase; to add to; to augment
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded