to gather; to collect; to assemble
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
star attraction; draw card; crowd puller
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
of no interest; not interested
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to understand; to make out
to breathe while sleeping
to have a meal; to take a meal
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
on hand; readily available
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
natto (fermented soybeans)
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
good humour (humor); good mood
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible