worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
done; just done; just finished
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
villain; baddie; the villain's part
twice; again; second time
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
in deep black; in jet black
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
main battery; main armament
appearance; expression; manifestation
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
god's majesty; god's authority; might of Heaven
at the last moment; this late in the game