to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
nonviolence; non-violence
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
making efficient; optimization
unable to back out; unable to withdraw; unable to stop; unable to compromise
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
heating power; thermal power; firepower
convenient; handy; useful
treatment; service; handling; management
as if it were about oneself
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
being extremely bad or uncomfortable (at or with something); having a dread (of something)
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to make oneself available (free)
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
graduation certificate; diploma; testamur
paper tube; cardboard tube
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
accursed; damned; blasted
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar