to complain; to lodge a complaint
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
moderator; host; chairman
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
cardboard box for mandarin oranges
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
all night long; all through the night
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
one large ...; a great ...
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
all you want; as much as one wants
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
willpower; energy; vitality
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
justice; fairness; impartiality
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to tighten; to press hard
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb