mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
you could say; you might say; verging on the
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
due form; official; formality
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)