plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
highly unpredictable; touch and go
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
romantic; spicy; coquettish
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
massive earthquake; megaquake
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to sniff out; to get wind of
an assortment; combination
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
focusing (e.g. light); convergence
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl