obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to escape from; to get out
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
amount of material resources
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to incur someone's enmity
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
one's view of life and death; attitude toward living and dying
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
beyond imagination; unimaginable
excretion; discharge; excrement
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
meat shield; human shield; vagina wall; fleshy wall; wall of flesh (e.g. in sci-fi)
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed