overhasty; rash; premature
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
cold feeling; psychroesthesia
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage
this (very thing); this precisely
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to tune in to a channel; to switch to a channel
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
male instincts; male frivolity
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
arrest; apprehension; capture
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
good-looking; fair; beautiful
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
parthenogenesis; virgin birth
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
handful; small amount; small number
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
shoulder strap (on a dress)
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally