cannot be compared with; no match for
to fight against; to oppose; to face
light; faint; pale; fleeting
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to crack; to develop a crack
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
producer (film, TV, etc.)
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
please; somehow or other; one way or another
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
news program; news programme
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
silence; stillness; quietness
dozens; scores of; decades
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
street; quarter; district; area
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone