marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
(volcanic) crater; caldera; burner (of a boiler)
fallen angel (esp. Lucifer)
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
reaction of a living body
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
patisserie; pastry shop; French-style pastry
no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.); to not be worth the name; to not deserve to be called
(only) one option; one possible choice
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
mountain stronghold; den of mountain bandits
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
functional beauty; beauty of function; simplicity and elegance of design
nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
trembling with excitement
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)