bluff; false show of power; bold front
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
not yet known; unknown; strange
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
surname; family name; last name
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
never mind!; don't worry about it
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
high sensitivity; fragile heart
verbal message; word (from someone)
still; even now; to this day
preparation; arrangements
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
feigned; pretending (not to know)
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
victim; injured party; sufferer