slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
partly open; in half bloom
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to speak energetically; to talk big; to argue heatedly
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
cup of sake used to drink to the establishment of a partnership, commitment to marriage, etc.; nuptial cup of sake
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness
to stop (doing something); to cease; to leave as is; to leave alone; to exclude; to except
irritability; peevishness; irascibility; hot temper
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to come to an end; to close the curtain
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
to fulfill one's responsibilities
business; errand; nature of one's business
aquatic (life); living in the water
terrestrial (life); land-dwelling
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants