to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
top of the head; crown of the head; vertex; (the) parietal
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
middle of the night; dead of night
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
first thing in the morning
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to put one's strength into
full throttle; full power
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to be softened; to calm down
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to have a talk; to tell a story
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
ignorant of the ways of the world
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)