easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
limbs; arms and legs; body
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
with these words; while saying
to fan; to incite; to instigate
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
fluent (in a language); flowing
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
turning into a cooler state; cooling down
to have meaning; to be meaningful
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to cease; to stop; to be over
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow