(one's) figure; build; physique; style
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to be kind to; to treat kindly
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
outline; summary; argument
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
talk; recital; narration; topic
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
difficult to ...; hard to ...
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
that's true; of course; obviously
base (military, expedition, etc.)
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
reading aloud; recitation