tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
pawn; pledge (given as security)
around the neck; neck size (measurement)
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
way out; means to escape; escape route
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
splinters of glass; glass shards
extensive; vast range; wide scope
great physical power; animal strength
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
offense and defense; offence and defence
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
stepwise; one step at a time
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone