to gain strength; to gather momentum; to be encouraged; to be heartened; to be invigorated; to take heart
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
boring; dull; uninteresting
brat; kid; urchin; little devil
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to start to drink; to try to drink; to partially drink
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
great laughter; burst of laughter
offender; criminal; culprit
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
particularly; only; in the case of
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
food and drink; eating and drinking
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to get strong; to gain strength