winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
promoting; increase; advance
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
reading partway; leaving half-read
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe