roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
while being out of the office or away from home
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
big leakage; uncontained leak
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
restaurant with only set meals
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
written oath; covenant; pledge
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
answering machine; answer phone
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
waste of time; killing time
new book; new publication
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to understand (each other); to comprehend