mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to grimace; to make a wry face
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
good feeling; feeling good
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
general public; the masses
identifiable; personalized
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
lip-syncing; lip-synching
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
sense of values; values; value system
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
environment; circumstance
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
individual; private person; personal; private
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in