to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
settlement; solution; resolution
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to be damaged; to receive damage
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
assistance; backing; reinforcements
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to apologize; to apologise
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
near; close; beside; third person
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to be silent; to say nothing
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
police; police officer; police station
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
back street; back alley; off-street
defense; defence; guard; policing; security