flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
with these words; while saying
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
plural; multiple; several
surroundings; environs; circumference
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
whispered conversation; whispering
all eyes; public attention
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
behind; in the rear; in back
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing