not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
contract; compact; agreement
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
gambling den; gambling house
don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
close; intimate; on good terms
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
your (visual) observation
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
ability; performance; efficiency
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
rising; ascending; climbing
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
day after day; day by day
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
weird; disgusting; sickening
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts