terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
sincere; earnest; serious
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
using one's arm for a pillow
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to fight against; to oppose; to face
using as an intermediary; through
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
(present) head of a family
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
plural; multiple; several
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing