desperation; despair; self-abandonment
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to compete with; to vie for
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
third day of the month; three days
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
no sleep or rest; working day and night
extreme sadist; very sadistic