to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
pieces; scraps; disconnected
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
same generation; one's generation
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
incompetent; have no merit
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before