maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
ability; capability; skill
price; cost; value; worth; value
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
yearned for; longed for; missed
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
adoration; admiration; devotion
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side