to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
third-year student; third-year pupil
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
suspense (esp. in a film, novel, etc.)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
pure heart; naivete; innocence
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to be kind to; to treat kindly
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago
slit-mouthed woman; malevolent folklore woman with her mouth sliced open from ear to ear
thinking back now; looking back
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
direct appeal; direct petition
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
possible; conceivable; likely; probable