small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
surroundings; environs; circumference
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
very recently; in the very recent past
to stare back (at); to glare back
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
to shake one's head (in denial)
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to act self-importantly; to be arrogant; to be high-handed; to puff up
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view