to be hot on a person's heels
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
free (of charge); gratuitous
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
main force; brute force; strong-arm
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to dance; to perform dance steps
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
distant; remote; isolated
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
bent back; hunchback; stoop
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
jealousy; roasted rice cake
that is to say; so that means
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
storehouse; warehouse; godown
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness