negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
horseplay; fooling around
nutmeg (soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to take (be in) charge of
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
library; book series; library (software, modules, images, etc.)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless