unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
platform; home; home base; home plate
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
private person; individual
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
commitment; pledge; promise
to affect; to impact; to influence
shameless; shameless person
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
show; exhibition; spectacle
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
shopping; purchased goods
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
food; food products; foodstuffs
spare time; free time; leisure time
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
junior high school student; middle school pupil
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
even if not; even without
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky