to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
many; numerous; various; large number of
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
it's no joke; gimme a break!
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
to do for (the sake of someone else)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
around the world; throughout the world
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
don't worry about it; forget about it
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
single-handedly (usu. of a female raising children); on one's own; as a single mother
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly