to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
hegemony; leadership; initiative
with a wriggle; in a slimy way; coweringly; hesitantly
image change; changing one's image; makeover
right (to do something); authority; power
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
quick work; (clever) feat
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
with no effort at all; easily
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
speeding up; increase in pace
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
fluently; without hesitation; without faltering
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to do over; to remake; to resume
briskly; quickly; promptly
chief; main; principal; important
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
men's bath; men's section in a public bath
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
female pig; sow; fat woman; perverted woman
please be careful; please take care
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
directions; instructions; usage method