economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
a long time (since the last time)
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to pause; to have a short intermission
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
accidental death; casualty
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
among these; between these; of these
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
par; equivalence; face value; parity
redoing; doing over again