strangulation; strangling
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
statue; picture; picture revealing character
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
skill; dexterity; proficiency
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
business use; business purposes
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
countermeasure; counter-measure
uni-; single; unitary; sole
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to emphasize; to attach importance to
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
prize for perfect attendance
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
head start; initiative; preemption
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
in succession; one after another
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
meanwhile; in the meantime
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin