check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to shun; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of (esp. one's health)
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
tips of one's hair; hair ends
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
results; record; grades; marks
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
house where one was born; one's parents' house
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means