preliminary test or trial; tryout
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
sense of caution; wariness
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
front-row sets; ringside seats
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
unspecified; random; indefinite
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
solo activities (e.g. of a band member); solo work; performing solo; solo career
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
love affair; sensual pleasures
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
these days; nowadays; recently
outside of one's area of expertise
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without