to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
depression; recession; slump
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
complete recovery of health
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
young; youth; young person
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
living by oneself; living alone
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
public name; announcing publicly; nominal
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
of course; certainly; naturally
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan