to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
honour; honor; glory; privilege
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
bodily sensation; sense; experience
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
distant; remote; isolated
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
amount of sugar; sugar content
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
rubber band; elastic band
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
garden (esp. with trees); park
it seems so; that's what it looks like
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...