route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
script; screenplay; scenario
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
reproachful; hateful; bitter
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to put one's strength into
romantic; spicy; coquettish
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
one breath; chug!; drink!
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
first match (in a series)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality