Vocabulary

transitive verb

bowl (ceramic, porcelain)

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

to train; to discipline; to teach manners

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel

to be (of animate objects); to exist

blink (of eyes); wink

to rinse; to wash out

to offer; to present

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

Kyodo News (abbr)

(verbal) message; sending word

to pass (by) each other; to brush past

to rub; to chafe

month before last

by chance; by accident; accidentally; happen to (be, do); unexpectedly; casually

here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops

swap; exchange

Japanese Confederation of Labor (1964-1987) (abbr); Dōmei

to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped

anger

one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

to throw into; to toss into

to throw out

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently

to hit (someone); to strike; to beat

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

about; roughly; approximately

slack; slackening; sagginess; flabbiness (skin, etc.)

at the latest

payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD

precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)

Silence (1966 novel by Shūsaku Endō)