to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
bargain; good buy; budget
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
prohibition; inhibition; ban
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to keep a watchful eye on
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
periodic; regular; routine
to make one's rounds; to patrol
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to approach; to draw near
everything; anything; nothing
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
to feel more like (a certain mood)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)