encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
video camera; video camcorder
to buy again; to buy anew
guardian; protector; patron; parent
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
talk; recital; narration; topic
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)
homosexuality; homosexual love
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity
girls' or women's division or section
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
unheard-of; unprecedented
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
taste; liking; preference