dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
face with no make-up; sobriety
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
television industry; television business
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
already; now; no longer; not any more
product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
rather; sooner; preferably
likability; favorability; popularity
multitalented entertainer
threatening letter; intimidating letter
to harm; to cause harm to
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to laugh away; to laugh off
to badger; to pester; to beg
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
binge eating; stress eating
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
prone to adultery; flirtatious
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven