to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
back seat (of a car); rear seat
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
in order; in turn; one by one
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
interference; meddling; butting in
open; spacious; extensive
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to keep secret; to conceal
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
sense of humor; sense of humour
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close