boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
later on; eventually; afterwards
what sort of; what kind of; what way
jokingly; in the form of a joke
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
riskiness; (level of) danger
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
without permission; without notice
transactions; dealings; business
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
four characters; four letters
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic