boom (development, sales, etc.)
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
returning tit for tat; retaliating
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to be injured; to sustain a wound
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
finding employment; getting a job
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
order of seats; seating precedence; class standing
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
stuttering; stammering; dysphemia
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
something; some kind of; for some reason
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
using as an intermediary; through
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but