dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
being left out; being ostracized
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
pure heart; naivete; innocence
gyaru; (young) woman adhering to a fashion trend usually marked by brown or blond-dyed hair, gaudy clothes and accessories; gal
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
menial; meanness; servility; abject
isolation; being alone; being friendless
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
method of treatment; cure; remedy
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)