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 (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
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 someone
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
pride; dignity; self-worth
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
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
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 pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
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
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to step back; to walk backwards
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
both (people); the two of them
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not