sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
ill will; malice; evil intent
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
junior high school student; middle school pupil
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
approval; acceptance; toleration
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
final; eventual; ultimate
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
confections; sweets; candy; cake
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
content-free chat; idle gossip; watercooler talk
coherence; order; focus; point
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
hello; good day; good afternoon
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner