acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
sunlight filtering through trees
humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
simple and clear; plain and simple
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
targeting; aiming at a specific target; selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches; having no choice in a move (in mahjong, go, etc.)
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
looking away; looking aside; outsider's perspective; observer's view
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to take command; to give direction
group; party; team; squad; section
endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
to go ahead; to pull ahead
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
low rating; bad reputation
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels