leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to begin to walk; to set out
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to lose sight of; to miss
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to choke; to have trouble breathing
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
pull; patronage; tug; discount
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to be lacking in options; to be too few
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
upper half of the body; upper body
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
to crawl out of; to creep out of
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
first meeting; first interview with
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
men and women of all ages
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin