production (e.g. play); direction
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to fight; to exchange blows
simple and clear; plain and simple
to compete with; to vie for
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
several minutes; a few minutes
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
losing weight; slimming; lean person
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
udon served in a pot with broth
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
draw (in competition); tie game
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to look forward to something