argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
nice; good; well-executed
convention; tired tradition; old custom
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
gentle; mild; meek; tender
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
nonchalant air; unruffled air
success; prosperity; boom
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
at once; there and then; immediately
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
food and drink; eating and drinking
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
internal organ; viscera; gut
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
infant; baby; little child
in the end; at the end of the day
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter