make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
home area; home town; local
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
genuine article; real thing; real deal
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
fabrication; manufacture; (semiconductor) fab; foundry
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
being in too deep to back out; having gone too far to retreat
when it comes to; concerning
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
living thing; living creature; animal; life
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
thousands; several thousand
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
sorry; excuse me; thank you
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to rebuke; to scold harshly