something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
streaking (i.e. running naked in a public place)
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
sitting with one's legs out to one side
a couple (of lovers, etc.)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
hour of the snake (9-11am)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
stale; hackneyed; cliched
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to finish ...; to do ... completely