appearance; look; aspect; strong spirit; mettle
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
parting ways after a quarrel
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)
full view; plain sight; completely visible
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
what's what; heads or tails
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
body and soul; mind and body
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
chilly feeling after a bath
blanket; (rubber) blanket; (fusion reactor) blanket
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
from the viewpoint of; according to
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to move out (of); to leave; to vacate
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance