hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
honour; honor; glory; privilege
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
baseball stadium; ballpark
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold