frame for drying clothes; clotheshorse
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme; last piece of the day (in a vaudeville or music hall programme, etc.); last-item comic dialogue
theme; subject; motif; theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
maintenance; preservation; improvement
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
exquisite flavor (flavour); delectable flavor; delicious flavor; delicacy; delectable dish
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
perfect; complete; flawless
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
self-; from (a time or place)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
ecstatic; excited; painfully (of a headache); stinging; ice-cold (beer, etc.); noisily (chirping, barking, etc.)
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
fundraising; collection of contributions; donating; donation; contribution
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
that's the way it is; such is life
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well