to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
sweet (voice, fragrance, etc.)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
proper; right; reasonable
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to let (a person) pass first
absence due to illness; sick leave
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
top of the head; crown of the head
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
networking; making contacts
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
intimacy; affection; familiarity
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
having food stuck around the mouth; having food all over the face
shyness; bashfulness; shame
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
troublesome; annoying; complicated
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
once in one's life; once in a lifetime
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period