many; numerous; various; large number of
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
it's no joke; gimme a break!
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
to do for (the sake of someone else)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
around the world; throughout the world
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
don't worry about it; forget about it
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over