to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
particular; hard to please; fussy
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
heart; guts; nerve; central part
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
to find out; to discover; to locate
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
Muscat (wine grape variety); Muscat (Oman)
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
personal (employee); employed; retained
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
if you think about it; come to think of it
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to become inverted; to become reversed
finally; in the end; on top of all that
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused