good performance; good work; great success
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
after that; afterwards; thereafter
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
horseplay; fooling around
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to manage something successfully; to be successful
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to hand over; to surrender
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
technique; art; skill; move
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
just because; even if; even though
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)