holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
strongish; somewhat strong
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
no!; no no!; no, not at all
consequence; outcome; result; blame
(social) position; status
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
fine performance; tour de force
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters)
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
expression; presentation; representation; notation
life; living; I; me; student