(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along a surface; being slippery
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
back off!; leave me alone!
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment; public offering (of securities)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
plump; chubby; voluptuous
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
delusion; trick of the imagination
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)