to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to return a punch; to strike back; to hit (the ball) straight back; to plow up; to plough up; to renovate (cotton fabric)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
ingrained habit; second nature
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
point (of a question, story, etc.); hold; grip
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
parting ways after a quarrel
out of range; outside the limits (of ...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
this and that; one thing or another
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to send for (doctor, etc.)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
sad to say; how sad; alas
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing