to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
casual speech; peer language; informal language
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
only; merely; but; no more than
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
and yet; though; when; in spite of
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to name; to call; to christen; to term
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to complain persistently; to gripe; to grumble; to die
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred