to look into; to peep into; to peer into
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
hiding one's embarrassment
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to put one's strength into
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
music for strings; string music
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
(not) even once; (not) ever
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to pen; to write; to draw
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means