short pause; short interval
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
interception; monitoring; tapping
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
big talk; boasting; bragging
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
dealing with; coping with
how; in what way; by what means
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
troy; weight system used for gold, silver, etc.