bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
road maintenance; road improvement
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
mint (e.g. peppermint, spearmint, etc.); Japanese peppermint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens)
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
university graduate; having graduated from university
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
basic concept; fundamental concept
descendant; progeny; offspring
called; known as; that; to say
at a young age; while still young
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
change of job; change of occupation; career change
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
habitable area; inhabitable land
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; second-year kindergarten student