bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.); companion
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
payment; provision; benefit; performance
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to tighten; to press hard
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to squeeze out; to wring out
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
self-examination; reflection
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
brightness; splendour; splendor
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture