hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
cram school; private tutoring school
boy; son; baby boy; young man
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
treating someone like a child
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
private regulations; bylaws; internal rules; tradition
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
way; method; means; resource; course
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to not take seriously; to take lightly
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
leaving (a light, TV, etc.) on; leaving engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)