hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
article; item; thing; goods; wares
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to graduate from a university
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
social status; social position; social standing
attempting to conceive; trying to have children
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
overseas student; exchange student
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
to nip (something) in the bud
public agency; public institution
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
middle of the night; dead of night
demonstrator; marcher; picketer
dominant player (e.g. in politics); single strong player
directions; instructions; orders; command
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
loser; defeated person; the defeated
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
cold-blooded person; heartless; coldhearted person
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with