to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
free ride (e.g. on train)
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
a little bit; a little while
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
pioneer; settler; colonist
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
thin green spring onion shoots (esp. minced as a condiment)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
four characters; four letters
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
to slide into; to slip into
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken