activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
hives; nettle rash; urticaria
fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
one by one; in detail; minutely
conviction; belief; confidence
appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
a few years ago; some years back
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
the same generation; coeval
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
sympathy; compassion; pity
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
male instincts; male frivolity
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
specialization; specialisation
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off