big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
eruption; volcanic eruption
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
cooperation; coordination; link
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
improved version; revised edition; refinement
one-by-one; separately; in detail
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
future (usually near); prospects
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
wide difference; a world of difference
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
original intention; initial resolution
points of improvement; improved areas; points needing improvement; problem areas
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much