opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
conference room; council room
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to offer (put up) resistance
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to speak; to hear a voice
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to repeat; to do something over again
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
in that way; like that; that way