to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
arrogant; haughty; insolent
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
to shout (in anger); to yell
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
100,000; hundred thousand
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
expressing one's mind; speaking out
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
discipline; punishment; reprimand
one's manner (attitude) when losing; one's way of losing
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
that's the way it is; such is life
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken