on bad terms; at loggerheads
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
underdevelopment; poor development; maldevelopment; decreased growth; failure to thrive
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
either way; in any case; one way or another
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to have a talk; to tell a story
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
distinction; discrimination
pregnancy; conception; gestation
your body; your health; yourself; you
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)