broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
smelting furnace; blast furnace
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to sob; to be choked with tears
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
to satisfy oneself; to feel satisfied; to be proud
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly