frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
token (effort); something done for form's sake
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to become dim; to become blurred
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to run about trying to escape
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to do someone in; to bump someone off
to find out; to discover; to detect
handrail; railing; banister
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
nature of one's business; business instinct
image change; changing one's image; makeover
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost