disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
progress; advance; improvement; development
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to be found; to be discovered
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to tumble down; to roll down
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
finish; finishing; finishing touches
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
kindergartener; preschooler
boy; son; baby boy; young man
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
ten-gallon hat; cowboy hat
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one)