truancy; absence without leave
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
high grade; special grade; classy
direct from the farm; farm-fresh
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
to strike out; to start swimming
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
to live; to make a living; to get on with
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
bunch of flowers; bouquet
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
pot; (volcanic) crater; buttocks; gay man; queer; faggot
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
thrown kiss; blown kiss; air kiss
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
keeping things tidy and in order
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit
comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical
to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to beat; to batter; to pummel
to push back; to press back; to force back
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
antiquity; the previous era
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
falling asleep in one's clothes; lying down to nap; crashing out
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down