to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to be consistent; to be coherent
ability; capability; skill
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
study; learning; tutorial
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
heading; headline; index; headword
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
an honest man; a good citizen
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
point of compromise; common ground
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade