to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to be a matter of life or death
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
diamond (mineral, gemstone); diamond; infield; diamond (card suit)
swindler; imposter; crook
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
concession; conciliation; compromise
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
directly under; falling perpendicularly
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to discuss; to talk together
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
at a young age; while still young
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
attractiveness; charm; amiability
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
one's family (home) background (environment)
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to have a hard time of it
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse