to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
longed-for; anxiously awaited
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
first meeting; first interview with
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
violent emotion; passion; fury
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
finished product; finished goods; completed article
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
such ... as; or some such
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
solitude; loneliness; isolation
one's home country; one's homeland
even though; despite; when
last ray of hope; only hope
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check