in the same manner as before; the same as always
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
distant look; faraway look
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
young person; inexperienced person; novice
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to mind; to care; to worry
story; tale; talk; discussion
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
nothing but; none other than
waste of time; killing time
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot