to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
forced laugh; forced smile
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
distortion; falsification; perversion
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
to look forward to something
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
but; however; provided that
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
turning to the right; right turn
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
energy; vitality; mental determination
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)