coupling; shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to gain fame; to make one's name
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
right to choose; a say; option
although; though; despite the fact that ...
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
to pause; to have a short intermission
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
online communications; personal computer communications (esp. pre-Internet); pre-Internet online service
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
just managing; with great difficulty
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
mockery; derision; ridicule
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to summon courage; to be brave
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to fly around; to scatter
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
to cause laughter; to extract a smile
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction