for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to become desperate; to give in to despair
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
breaking off; snapping off
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to pick up; to find; to gather
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to examine someone's expression
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
one by one; one after another; successively
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine