to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
second day of the month; two days