to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring
reverse thrust; retrofiring; sudden mental derangement
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
capacity; volume; capacitance
make-up; makeup; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
lumping together; putting all together
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
(not saying anything) no matter what
last century; previous century; ancient times; old times
uncool; bad-looking; unattractive; unsophisticated; provincial; hick
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to fan; to incite; to instigate
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)