to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
leather shoes; leather boots
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
southwestern part; the southwest
southeastern part; the southeast
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
reaching; attaining; arrival
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
Taklamakan Shamo desert; Takla Makan desert
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
as; because; with; due to
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well