(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
single word; a few words; brief comment
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
department store; department
cartoon-character costume
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
karintō (sugar-coated cookie made from fried dough)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
everywhere; all over; throughout
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
literally; to the letter; literal
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
weird; strange; mysterious
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit