rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw
to ask; to enquire; to query
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure
death match; deathmatch; fight to the finish; desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
in perfect form; going swimmingly
doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
silence; stillness; quietness
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
to look around; to look towards (us)
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to install (a person) in (someone's) place
all ages to come; all generations; eternity
(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt
hanging low (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level)