clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
supply; provision; service; supply
even if not; even without
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to triumph; to be elated with success
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
stifled (laughter); simmering
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
guess; speculation; supposition
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
walking briskly; determinedly
(how) many times; (how) often
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
transactions; dealings; business
to smile (at); to grin (at)
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
essence; true nature; substance; reality
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of