clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
failure; mistake; blunder
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
overhasty; rash; premature
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
to come to one's senses; to calm down
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
chopping board; cutting board
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
on hand; readily available
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
to some extent; to a certain extent
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
corridor; hallway; passageway
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
no-good man; (male) loser
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
piece of junk; worn-out article; clumsy; useless; dismantled car; hitting (with fist)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
retainer; retinue; servant
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
release; liberation; acquittal