playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
retort; back talk; backchat
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
comfort when sleeping; feel (of a bed, futon, etc.)
(in the same way) as before; as always
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp); holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to spread; to be propagated
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to pour forth; to spill out
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
loading; charging; filling
convenience; user-friendliness