to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
acting ability; talent as a performer
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to someone's name
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
decorum; propriety; politeness
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
craving; longing; thirsting
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
bet; wager; stake; gamble