needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
overall; general; as a whole
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
(a person's) appearance; looks
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
serve; serving (e.g. of food)
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
promotion; raising of status
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
the other day; some time ago; recently
nominating oneself (to something one is usually nominated to by someone else); self-nomination; designating the baseball club one (as a draft candidate) wants to join (through a system used in Japan between 1993-2007)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
teriyaki burger; teriyaki hamburger
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
question; inquiry; enquiry
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be