to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
acerola (Malpighia glabra); Barbados cherry
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
person concerned; interested party; related party
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
interference; meddling; butting in
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
well-cooked; well-done; browned
to breathe out; to exhale
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
sexy; popular; well-liked
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
throughout; all through; right through
this and that; one thing and another
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
labrador retriever (breed of dog); labrador
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking; drunken frenzy; becoming violent or disorderly when drunk
image; figure; figure; form; image
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
complete; whole; perfect; safe
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
(fish) biting at every cast
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
the right person in the right place
making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; (lit.) (giving) a metal rod to an ogre
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)