just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
speech and conduct; words and deeds
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
turtleneck; turtle-necked sweater; polo-neck(ed) sweater
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
sad to say; how sad; alas
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
flare skirt; flared skirt
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
good family; better-class home
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
ignorant of the ways of the world
force (bulldoze) one's way through
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
by sheer strength; by brute force
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
the place for; the time for; the level of
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
animal or carnal desires; lust
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit