to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
preference; priority; precedence
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
technique; art; skill; move
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
manners; behavior; behaviour
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
pointing out; identification
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
pretension; conceit; hubris
self control; self restraint
jealousy; roasted rice cake