false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
conduct; behavior; behaviour
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
as you can imagine; as imagined
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
single cell; simple-minded; one-track-minded
to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
end; close; conclusion; termination
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
lolicon; (sexual) attraction to prepubescent girls; someone attracted to very young girls; lolicon; someone attracted to young or young-looking female characters
to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
way of solving (a problem); solution
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear
somehow; for some reason or other
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to ignore one's own shortcomings; to shut one's eyes to one's own faults; to act hypocritically
both; both sides; both parties
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
river; stream; River; the ... river
to be overcome with emotion
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent