to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
contrived; false-sounding
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
whispered conversation; whispering
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
failing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election; not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize
special issue; extra issue; special number
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
erotic manga; pornographic manga
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
almost every day; almost daily
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
finishing blow; coup de grâce
foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.); preview
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
subserviency to the stronger
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten