frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
the way one drinks; one's manner of drinking
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
since then; from that time; ever since
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
pair; the two; both persons; both things
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder