direct; honest; frank; easygoing; lighthearted; night duty
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
reputation; respectability
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
bottom; buttocks; bidet function (for anal cleansing)
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
silence (not speaking); muteness
as much as one can; as much as possible
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
stark naked; completely naked; nude
imposing stance; daunting pose
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
witnessing; observing; sighting
body; physical system; (the) person
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority