meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
established practice; custom
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
aftercare; care for patients after discharge from hospital; after-sales service
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
all you want; as much as one wants
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
narrow margin; slim margin
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
regrettable defeat; defeat by a narrow margin
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
that is to say; so that means
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
bento; Japanese box lunch
to happen to have on hand or in stock
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to have a talk; to tell a story
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
viewer; (television) audience
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
even; indicates something unexpected occurs