bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
superior; superiors; senior
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
to be full of pride; to be boastful
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
mangy cur; low animal; beast
cushion; pillow; mattress
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to breathe while sleeping
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
window; window (shop display)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
foobar-style name for a dummy variable
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
while doing over and over; repeatedly
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
(coming to a) sudden stop
curly men's hairstyle, usu. associated with yakuza or delinquents
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
head start; initiative; preemption
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
immediately; right away; on the spot