clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
the other day; lately; recently
just the other day; quite recently
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
important matter; matters of weight
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
intimacy; affection; familiarity
second marriage; remarriage
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
body and soul; mind and body
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
bashing; fierce criticism; bussing; busing; removing dirty dishes from tables in a restaurant
concentrated fire; intense criticism
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
branch; branch office; subdivision
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; (arch.) eldest and second eldest brother; (arch.) older and younger brother