life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
sleeping pill; sleep medication
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
sphere; circle; range; category
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
world domination; global domination
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
opening and shutting; opening and closing
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
texture; "grain" of a fabric or cloth; direction of the loom or weave in a roll of fabric
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
hook-and-ladder truck; ladder truck
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to take off one's glasses
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
(death from) starvation; starving to death
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation