affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
by all means; at all costs
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
special move (e.g. in martial arts)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
dirty work; unpleasant task
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
guardians; parents; father and older brother
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
back street; back alley; off-street
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to begin to appear; to begin to come in