dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
bombshell announcement (statement)
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
genuine; authentic; true; real
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
disclosure; exposure; revelation
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
almost every day; almost daily
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
prudence; discretion; thought
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
instability; insecurity; crankiness
absorption; suction; attraction
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
convenient; handy; useful
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect