reliance; trust; faith; confidence
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
going around; patrol; round; tour
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
good-looking; fair; beautiful
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood
moving tale; impressive tale
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
possible; likely; probable
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
toll parking lot; toll car park
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
attitude survey; opinion poll
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
expression; presentation; representation; notation
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.