high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
stairs; stairway; staircase
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
decision; determination; resolution
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
to stop walking; to pause
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); no way!; no!; get lost!
to be perturbed; to be agitated
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
while alive; during one's lifetime
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted