to pretend; to act (as if)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to say (something) over one's shoulder
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
revolution (of a celestial body around another)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
law of nature; natural law
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
massing (of troops); gathering
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to take a breath; to take a short rest
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)