word game; wordplay; playing with words
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
journey; route of a journey
beauty of slender female legs
to sell off; to sell completely
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray
recovery; undoing; recall
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
death penalty; capital punishment
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
as much as one can take or carry away
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
snake; serpent; large snake
threat; intimidation; menace
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
ingenious but pointless trick; artifice for its own sake
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet