troubled face; worried expression
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
to fly up (as if dancing); to soar; to rise
to make sense; to be consistent
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
in history; ever; historical
bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart
all night; throughout the night
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to join forces; to cooperate
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
appearing continuously (e.g. on stage, on screen, in a game); remaining on stage for an entire performance; making continuous appearances; being out all the time; being constantly on the go; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
to blunt; to dull; to weaken
to put a kettle on (the stove)
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
leader; authority; mainstay
difficult to eat; unpalatable
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to have one cup of sake after another
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
untouched; unused; intact
upward glance; upturned eyes
uncool; tacky; lame; corny