glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
older sister; lass; young lady
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
live (broadcasting, music, etc.); live performance; live concert; resonant (room, etc.); reverberating
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
reopening; resumption; restarting
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
on and after; from ... onward; since
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute