fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
excessive flattery; adulation
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
firm; strong; solid; stable
proponent; exponent; advocate
charming; fascinating; attractive
to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
war; battle; match; game; competition
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
even though; despite; when