genius; prodigy; natural gift
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to be reminded of; to call to mind
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
all night long; all through the night
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
but; however; provided that
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
manipulation of public opinion
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to get angry; to become perverse
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections