to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
body; physique; build; stature
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
pure heart; naivete; innocence
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
cartoon characters; anime characters
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to boil strongly; to be excited
suddenly; all of a sudden
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
earnings from a part-time job
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
himself; yourself; herself
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
common people; ordinary people; masses