group; party; team; squad; section
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
permission; approval; authorization; license
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
working adult; full-fledged member of society
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
story; tale; talk; discussion
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
without cause; without reason
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
for use by children; for children
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
high laced shoes or boots
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to be transmitted; to be conveyed; to be leaked; to be passed along
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
near oneself; close to one; familiar
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
control; management (e.g. of a business)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
rampancy; prevalence; domination
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)