suave; tactful; smooth; versatile; adaptable
to give an impression; to make an impression
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
look; glance; (at first) sight
modern; lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo-period punishment)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
a mere ...; only a ...; insignificant
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to get strong; to gain strength
pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!
hiding one's embarrassment
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
injection (liquid); parenteral solution
domestically produced article; domestic product; domestic goods