to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside
cold dish (e.g. at a restaurant)
hey; listen; look here; I say
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
men's language; male language
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
having said that; be that as it may
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to carry under the arm; to rake in; to rake towards one
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
head house; main family; founder (of a certain school, style, etc.); originator; birthplace
scene; sight; scenario; setting
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy