bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
very busy (person or thing)
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
sharp parting remark; parting threat
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries
to become excited; to grow lively
right in the center (centre)
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
day after day; day by day
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
that day; the very same day
chief; main; principal; important
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.)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to be impressed; to greatly admire
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild