statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
Sharaku (Edo period painter)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
older brother; elder brother
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
family; members of a family
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
such; like that; that sort of; very
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...