to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
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 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
unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...
surname; family name; last name
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
everyone at once; everyone together
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
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.)
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
(extreme) mental weakness; fragile heart
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
still; even now; to this day
preparation; arrangements
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know