smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
matter of time; question of time
to press a question; to cross-examine
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to beat to death; to kill
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
to be torn off; to come off
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
of all things (days, etc.)
Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
distress; wretched condition
married woman's secret lover; paramour; adultery (by a married woman)