to criticize; to point out faults; to speak ill of
genuine article; real thing; real deal
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
degeneration; retrogression
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
going up and down; going back and forth
to bring back; to restore
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to roll about; to writhe about
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
dozens; scores of; decades
to press against each other; to huddle together
national border; provincial border
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sick person; patient; invalid
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
meeting; greeting; welcome
lodging in the same place
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
playing with balls (e.g. football, playing catch, etc.)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing