difficult to ...; hard to ...
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
sympathy; empathy; response
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
immediately; right away; on the spot
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
opposite; reverse; contrary
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
not worth considering; out of the question
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
just the other day; quite recently
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
in the same manner as before; the same as always
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
deviation; departure; omission
alternation of generations