showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to have a hard time of it
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
fresco; mural; wall painting
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
show; exhibition; spectacle
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
it's been a long time; long time no see
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to be torn off; to come off
gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
pussy (i.e. female genitals); sexual intercourse
putting oneself into something; exerting oneself
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving