reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
gambling den; gambling house
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (lit.) (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to become settled; to be fixed
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...