limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
when looked at in that way
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
successfully; with success
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
hasty preparation; cramming; goods prepared in a hurry (after they were already needed); makeshift; half-baked
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
robust (health); strong (constitution); sturdy
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun
chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
utter failure; completely wrong guess; big miss
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
round dance; dancing in a circle
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
wisdom tooth; not knowing who one's birth parents are; person who does not know their birth parents
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous