chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
reason; cause; circumstances
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
of great promise; with a promising future
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stare back at; to look back at
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to face on; to look out on to
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
while being out of the office or away from home
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
all present; all concerned; all of us
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)