no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
older sister; elder sister
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
such; like that; that sort of; very
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
how many people; a number of people
very much; exceedingly; extremely
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
sex fiend; lecher; pervert
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
genuine article; real thing; real deal
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out