self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
(personal) background check
taste; liking; preference
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
since one was born; (in) all one's life
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
unrequited love; one-sided love
spouse; wife; husband; partner
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
cleaning equipment closet; broom closet
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
matter; thing; affair; circumstance