step; stride; counter for steps
upper half of the body; upper body
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
certain; definite; clear; credible
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
shrill whistling sound; reddening or brightening slightly; rush of blood to the head
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
psychological description
depiction; description; portrayal
hostility; animosity; enmity
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability