low rating; bad reputation
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
round shape; circle; circular form
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
opening time; starting time of work
going back to sleep (e.g. after waking up in the morning)
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
(department) store; (department) stores
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
superiority; predominance
apparently; appears to be
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
study; learning; tutorial
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively