looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
metal fittings; metal fixtures
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents'); (lit.) to gnaw on (someone's) shin
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to be parted from; to be separated
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to have a reason; to have an excuse
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
hope; white hope; person of promise
right (to do something); authority; power
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
to lose face; to be disgraced
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
being left out; being ostracized
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind