waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to take; to catch; to capture
here and there; everywhere
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
Calpis (Japanese milk-based soft drink)
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person
cantaloupe-flavoured soda
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to kill by hitting; to beat to death; to slaughter
to go out and away; to leave
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
looking away; looking aside
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake