playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to amuse oneself; to make merry
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
to sob; to be choked with tears
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
the opposite direction; the other way
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
scrotum; testicles; scrotal; (arch.) pinecone; (arch.) pine cone
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
filling; packing material; stuffing; padding
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
to make sense; to be meaningful
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
hard fight; difficult struggle