to do one's best; to put forth every effort
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
sickroom; hospital room; ward
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
frequency (of occurrence)
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
one's own work; making by oneself
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to visit frequently; to haunt
patina; antique look; elegant simplicity; well-trained voice
error; mistake; slip; bug
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
breathing of a sleeping person
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
as a child; when one was a child; childhood