flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to flare up; to fly into a rage
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
without thinking of the consequences
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to get angry; to lose one's temper
(period of) a year; during an era
history of; experience of
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
leaving everything up to someone else
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
rapid-fire gun or cannon; talking rapidly; barrage of words or questions
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise
stupid brat; son of a bitch