courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
each time it happens; at all such times
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
section manager; section chief
Island; insula; island; islet
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
distant look; faraway look
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
to become distant; to recede
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
consecutive victories; series of victories
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
plural; multiple; several