oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to be away from home; to be out of the house
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to not be taken seriously
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
even so; anyhow; at any rate
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
tsuchinoko; mythical snake-like creature with thick midsection
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
equality; impartiality; evenness
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
(simply) because; on account of; as if to; (as though) about to
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
pensive (or worried) look on one's face