evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
last century; ancient times
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
woman; female; feminine gender
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
embodiment; realization; materialization
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
genuine article; real thing; real deal
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to talk; to chat; to chatter
semi-transparent; translucent
other side; opposite side; other party
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to push aside; to brush aside
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention