being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
release of sperm (of fish, amphibians, etc.)
clothing store; boutique; dress shop
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
main street; avenue; boulevard
people; men and women; each person; everybody
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
in that way; like that; that way
entering a store; entering a restaurant; becoming an employee of a store; starting to work at a store; opening up a shop (in a department store, etc.)
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
outcast; odd man out; pariah
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
decolourization; decolorization; decolourisation; decolorisation; bleaching
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to put on flesh; to get fat; to gain weight
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
close; intimate; on good terms
key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)
speech; expression; wording; language
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far