to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (food); take-out; takeaway
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
safe; vault; storage cabinet
limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft
biometrics; biometric authentication
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
top hundred; hundred best
if you want to hide a tree, the best place is a forest
second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
live action (as opposed to animation); photograph (of a real scene, event, etc.); real image; depiction of a real scene (in writing or a picture); description
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
high-capacity; high-volume
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
(written) work; book; writings
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
almost not able (to do something)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to get change back; to be more than enough
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
clear solution; clean decision
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
lip-syncing; lip-synching
should do; ought to do; must do
looking or acting as if one owned the place