to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
it's not like; it isn't as if
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
senior high school student
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
tacit; unspoken; implicit
don't you think?; indicates question
like this; this sort; this way
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
study; diligence; discount; reduction
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
and yet; though; when; in spite of
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to blame; to find fault with
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire