to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
stabbing (repeatedly); piercing; (words) cutting to the heart; striking home; loose; sloppy
being dealt a bad hand; poor (handwriting); unscrupulous
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
article; thing; object; property; real estate
stigmatized property; real estate where a crime, death, etc. has occurred
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
summertime; summer season
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to be widely known; to be famous
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
good heavens!; oh my god!; gee whiz
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing
hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye; snap fastener; press stud; hock (white wine)
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
fricative; fricative consonant
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
with a squelch (treading through mud, etc.); sinking into; piercing through; plunging into
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
without a holiday; nonstop
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
meals prepared for employees (e.g. of a restaurant); staff meals
general; popular; common; typical
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black