thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
one's fate (fortune) as concerns love
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
common folk (somewhat insulting); commoner
reformed delinquent; former delinquent youth
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
ladies' (fashion, etc.); female bōsōzoku gang
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
primary school; elementary school; grade school
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
at that time; in those days
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
useless; no good; hopeless
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence