to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
femoral region; thigh area
to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular vein
using all one's strength; using all one's might
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
cartilage; nankotsu; (dish of) gristle (usu. of chicken, deep-fried)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
to rev (up) an engine; to race an engine
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to push aside; to push one's way through
student (esp. a university student)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)