cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
mature woman; middle-aged woman
icing; frosting; icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); icing (hockey infraction); cryotherapy
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
the following week; the next week
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
somewhat below; slightly below
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
simmering; (boiling) gently
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me