to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
simmer; bubble out; flow out
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
highest grade; superlative degree
(doing something) in tears
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
shaking like a jelly; jellylike
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to look away; to avert one's eyes
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
contrary to one's expectations
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious