to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
spine; backbone; spinal column
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to seek happiness; to pursue happiness
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
what time; (lit.) which hour
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to come and go; to go back and forth
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite