stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
close-cropped hair; shaven head
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
either way; in any case; one way or another
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
hey there; I say; see here
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
minority group (party); minority
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
(positive sentence end) I dare say; (negative sentence end) though, honestly
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
festival merrymaking; revelry
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile