right in the middle (of); midst; height
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
foolish face; stupid look on one's face
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
to stop oneself from crying; to hold back tears
house; greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
through pass; through ball
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
one-two punch; one-two (soccer pass); wall pass; one-two finish; competitors from the same country or team finishing first and second; one ball two strikes
brief review; brief comment
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
form of hopscotch in which the player kicks a stone through the course
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
way of asking; way of listening; listener
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
third person; third-person reference term; term used to refer to someone or something in the third person
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
literally; to the letter; literal
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
(one's) countenance; face
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
salaried; paid; with pay; paid vacation; paid holiday; paid leave
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
lessening; diminishing; reducing
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn