prize winner; pennant winner; victor
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to close (one's eyes); to shut
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
understood; I see; OK; present; here
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
Tabasco; jalapeno sauce; pepper sauce
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats
to lead someone around by the nose