antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
(very) patient; persevering
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
learning; studying the fine arts
way of eating; how to eat
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
together with; same; both; all; including ...
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
village; hamlet; countryside; country
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
go on!; right!; here goes!
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
same; similar; (just) like; equal
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
rest stop; service area; public address system; PA
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
living thing; living creature; animal; life
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to watch over; to watch attentively
again (and again); once again; yet again
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable