having said that; on the other hand
choices; alternatives; options
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
material (data) for one's research; research material
(one's) quota; assignment
exploitation; overuse; abuse
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
in deep black; in jet black
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
floral decoration; floral ornament
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)