look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
genuine article; real thing; real deal
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
than; from; out of; except; but; more
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 put one's strength into
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
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
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
opinion; point of view; visual point
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
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; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
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
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
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
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)