to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
sense of loss; feeling of loss
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to tighten; to press hard
ago; since; before; previous
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
way; method; means; resource; course
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to spit out; to eject; to dump
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
as a child; when one was a child; childhood