consecutive defeats; series of defeats
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
degree of familiarity; popularity
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
take the opportunity to (do something else)
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
good deed; good conduct; benevolence
garden (esp. with trees); park
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
unrequited love; one-sided love
to appease; to suppress; to calm
impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
current student; enrolled student
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden