enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
each place; various places
forbidden technique; forbidden magic; taboo art
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
mass; quality and quantity
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
terrain; geographical features; topography
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife