in the same way as; just like
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
polish; improvement; burnishing
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
starfish; sea star; asteroid; northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
writing (e.g. as a profession)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
parting; separation; farewell
all (there is); as long as there is
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
otherwise; or else; if not
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
your husband; her husband
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
seeing one off; farewell; escort
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all