to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to spit out; to eject; to dump
slight; insignificant; small
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
remaining quantity; residual quantity
precarious situation; precarious state
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
amount of hair; hair volume
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
returned goods; returning purchased goods
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
being on the ropes; losing ground
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)