close; intimate; on good terms
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
correction; revision; amendment
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to strip and leave clothes lying around
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
I don't want to boast but
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
special award; special prize
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to knock down; to knock out
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
cobra twist; abdominal stretch
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to sweep; to brush; to clean; to gather silkworms
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to trample; to crush underfoot
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
sprinkling salt on a raw vegetable and rubbing it in
beauty regimen; beauty treatment; cosmetic technique
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
study of foreign languages; linguistics