contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
sad face; sorrowful face; anxious look; sad countenance
year in, year out; always; 24-7
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
because of; owing to; due to
what people say; rumours; public opinion
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
older sister and younger brother
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
severe; strict; tough; hard
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
insolent fellow; rude fellow
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so