depiction; description; portrayal
very much; very many; more and more
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
(walking) stick; cane; wand
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
pointing out; identification
the same generation; coeval
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
cripple; disabled person; invalid
great difference; big difference; wide margin
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
that's the way it is; such is life
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
rather; sooner; preferably
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
signature phrase; signature saying
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
now that you say that; now that you mention it
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
immediately; right away; on the spot