to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to hand (over); to deliver in person
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
1,000,000; one million; million; many
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
inside one's heart; in one's mind
triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
failure; mistake; blunder
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
perfect obsession; personal fixation; addiction to (something matching one's tastes)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
(doing) various things to support one's favourite member of a boy band, girl group, etc.
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
to tower over the surroundings
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
singing together; singing in union; chorus; ensemble singing; choral singing; chorus
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
deep place; depths; depth; profundity