side effect; adverse reaction
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
to remember; to keep in mind
remission; improvement; relief (of pain, symptoms, etc.)
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
silent phone call (form of harassment)
color spraypaint; colour spraypaint
playing the victim; playing the victim card
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to be smeared; to be covered
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
protective instinct; defensive instinct
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
lovers' tiff; quarrel between lovers; chattering; idle talk
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
nervous disorder; neurosis
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
to overcome (a difficulty)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive