dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
thought; consideration; thinking
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch
to rise; to erect; to get up
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to push aside; to push one's way through
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
(the extent of) one's vocabulary
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
tool; implement; means; furniture
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
back street; back alley; off-street
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
way of talking; speaking style
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs