slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid
if you do this; if this is the case
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
migratory bird; bird of passage
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
occasional; infrequent; rare
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
capable of anything; liable to do
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
huge win; overwhelming victory
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
to be itching to put one's skills to use
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
Ceret (France); Serrai (Greece)
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
hanging garden; hanging gardens
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)