as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
failure; mistake; blunder
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
other than; excluding; without
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
by all means; at all costs
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
agile (person's movements); nimble; adroit; lively; brisk; skillful
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely