ability; capability; skill
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
to boost; to force up; to push up
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
sexual desire; physical love; Eros (Greek god); Eros (asteroid); event-related optical signal; EROS
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
late-night show; midnight broadcast
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
this (very thing); this precisely
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
repeating; repetition; repeat (performance); rebroadcast; repeat sign; playing (an audio or video recording)
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
odds and ends; all; every
silence; stillness; quietness
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
sphere; circle; range; category
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say