ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
forcibly; against one's will
considerably; fairly; quite
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
something like ...; something called ...
even though; despite; when
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
military service; combat experience
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to pick up; to find; to gather