(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
ectogenesis; outside the body
kindergartener; preschooler
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
image change; changing one's image; makeover
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; (lit.) love is blind
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
nice; likeable; desirable
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
high rating; good reputation
myocardial rupture; cardiac rupture; heart rupture; cardiorrhexis; cardioclasis
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
sickness and health start with the mind
impermanence; mutable; uncertain; ever-changing
alteration; falsification; faking
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)