narrow; thin (sized); slender
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
chair; stool; post; office; position
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
not worth considering; out of the question
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
viewing as a problem; problematizing
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
setting a bad example to others
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick