one grain; one drop; one bead
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping
love affair; sensual pleasures
to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; (lit.) to gnaw at one's parents' shins
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
at a loss for words; stumped for words
a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name
hegemony; leadership; initiative
conference room; council room
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm (interest, commitment, etc.); difference in attitude
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to lose a closely fought contest
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
way of speaking; intimation
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to