affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
several sheets (flat objects)
increase and decrease; fluctuation
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
smooth (i.e. without problems)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to distribute; to portion out; to deal out; to separate (out); to pick out
with a collapse; with a slump
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
breathing of a sleeping person
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
performer (usu. in a boy band or girl group) with an image cultivated to foster a dedicated fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image