to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
increase in basic salary; bear; bare
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to rush over; to run up to
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Hyottoko; comical male character with puckered, skewed mouth; clown; ugly mug; ugly guy
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
conditions of a contract; terms of a contract
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
older sister; elder sister
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
personal affair; one's own affair
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to laugh away; to laugh off
long-awaited; much-awaited
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes