remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
to brighten; to grow light
troubled face; worried expression
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
role of the villain; the bad guy
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
to be too numerous; to be too much
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
indescribable; having no way to express
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to underrate; to make light of
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
(right at the) side; just beside
looking over someone's shoulder