or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
writer; author; contributor
right (to do something); authority; power
in the ministry; in the department
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to spend time (on doing something)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
moment; brief space of time
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to take back; to recapture
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
inscrutable; incomprehensible
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes (at someone); to ogle
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled