obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
drink box; carton (milk, juice, etc.); paper bag (for vacuum cleaners)
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
one-by-one; separately; in detail
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to comb down; to smooth down
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)