My words

駆け引き

かけひき

bargaining, haggling tactics, strategy

捩じ込む

ねじこむ

to screw in to thrust into, to push into, to shove into to protest (and seek rectification), to complain

引き寄せる

ひきよせる

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

ずらかる

to leave, to run away, to escape, to avoid detection after having done something, to play truant, to skedaddle

赤プリ

あかプリ

Akasaka Prince Hotel

用無し

ようなし

idle, useless

溜池

ためいけ

reservoir, pond

微睡む

まどろむ

to doze (off)

満身創痍

まんしんそうい

having wounds all over ones body

唾をつける

つばをつける

to call dibs; to establish a claim; to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)

唾する

つばする

to spit

故に

ゆえに

therefore, consequently

免許

めんきょ

license, permit, licence, certificate licensure

敬意を払う

けいいをはらう

to pay respect (to)

小じわ

こじわ

fine wrinkles, crows feet

豆乳

とうにゅう

Soy Milk

しかしも案山子もない

しかしもかかしもない しかしもカカシもない

stop complaining, stop making excuses

負け惜しみ

まけおしみ

poor loser, make excuses, unwilling to admit defeat, sour grapes

愛想よく

あいそよく

engagingly, cordially, amiably, sociably, hospitably

腹落ち

はらおち

being satisfied; being convinced; understanding

腹を括る

はらをくくる

to prepare oneself for the worst, to strengthen ones resolve, to accept ones fate, to prepare oneself

辛気くさい

しんきくさい

irritating (e.g. tone of voice), fretful, boring (e.g. work), tedious (chore, person), depressing, dark (e.g. story)

途方もない

とほうもない

extraordinary, preposterous, outrageous, absurd

籠もる

こもる

to seclude oneself, to be confined in to be filled (e.g. with emotion, satire, etc.), to be heavy (with) to be stuffy to be implied

狡猾

こうかつ

sly, cunning, crafty

然も無いと

さもないと しかもないと

otherwise, else, if not so

ずる賢い

ずるがしこい

devious, cunning, sly, crafty

喧しい

やかましい かしましい かしがましい かまびすしい

noisy, boisterous strict, faultfinding, carping, fussy

戯れ言

ざれごと ざれこと たわむれごと たわぶれごと

prank, practical joke

共感性

きょうかんせい

empathy; capacity for empathy; sympathism