removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
being startled; getting a shock
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
fast walking; semi-jogging
to do together; to share; to participate in
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice
unexpected meeting; coincidence
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
something; some kind of; for some reason
difference; discrepancy; variation
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
down to earth; reasonable
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
signature phrase; signature saying
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one