to make a fuss over; to pamper; to spoil; to indulge; to flatter (with attention)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to relax; to feel at home
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
as (for); for; in the capacity of
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
virginity (of a male); (male) virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
pregnancy; conception; gestation
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)