to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
two (long cylindrical things)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
idol group; boy band; girl group
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to serve; to work for; to attend
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type
one's parents' generation
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
divide into four pieces; one fourth
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
carving; engraving; chiselled features
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
Japanese person; Japanese people
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
brunette; woman or girl with brown skin or eyes
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless