a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to pass (of time); to elapse
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
somehow; for some reason (or other)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
shady; underhanded; questionable
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
in that manner; like that
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to have time free; to have time to spare
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
what one should do (usu. in questions)
modesty; humility; being humble
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to be reminded of; to call to mind
that's true; of course; obviously
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
history of one's love affairs
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high