firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to bend; to warp; to curve
chair; stool; post; office; position
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight