I thought so; I suspected as much; just as I thought; now you're talking; that's the spirit
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
great difference; major mistake
to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers
burning at the stake; burning to death
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
boldface; bold-type; thick characters
many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
tuna (Thunnus spp.; esp. the Pacific bluefin); dead fish (person who is unresponsive or passive during sex); starfish; body of a person struck by a train; person unconscious due to alcohol
Japan and the West; Japanese style and Western style
creative cookery; creative cuisine
hills and fields; countryside
tools and materials; equipment and materials
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
electric hot plate; hotplate; electric griddle
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
change; changing; exchange (e.g. of goods); change of sides (in baseball, American football, etc.); switching ends (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
low flame; (very) low heat; gentle heat
boiling in (plain or lightly salted) water; boiled food
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)