big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
perception; sensing; noticing
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
preliminary investigation; preparation
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
surely (not); certainly (not)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
posture; position; pose; attitude
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
coefficient; factor; proportional constant
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
two (long cylindrical things)
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
not understanding; not knowing
matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo