to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
polish; improvement; burnishing
beautiful legs; great legs
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
national holiday; public holiday
Western cooking; Western-style meal; Western-style food; Japanized Western cuisine
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
coming out (as gay, etc.)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
going through; going via; going by way of
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
originally; by nature; from the start
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
shady; underhanded; questionable
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
repentance; confession; penitence
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason