fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
surname; family name; last name
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
spare time; free time; leisure time
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
freedom; free man; free woman
wintertime; winter season
to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
vitality; energy; dynamism
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
slight; thin; on the weak side
seasoning; flavour; flavor
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to have medicine be effective
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
devoted; self-sacrificing
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish