to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
one part; one portion; one section
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
horizon (related to bodies of water)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to translate; to interpret
pop; signage; display; billboard (as used to decorate arcade games)
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
journal; magazine; periodical
nice person; good-natured person
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
tool; implement; means; furniture
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
the same as something was reputed to be
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane