surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
relatively; comparatively
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
something like ...; something called ...
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
only recently; just of late