to grumble; to gripe; to complain
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
harming one's image; worsening of one's image
National Foundation Day (national holiday; February 11)
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
mirror surface; lens surface
to die; to lay down life's burden
later on; eventually; afterwards
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
to dance; to perform dance steps
The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
Japanese title (given to foreign work)
a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
bobbed hairstyle; short bob
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
stage actor; stage actress
fashion sense; sense of fashion