achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to walk away; to saunter off
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
viewing as a problem; problematizing
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
heart; guts; nerve; central part
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
no, not like that (but like this)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
one thin flat object; one sheet
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)