overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to concern; to be related
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
way of speaking; intimation
lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
forcibly; against one's will
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
amount of light; quantity of light
degree of familiarity; popularity
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in