extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
calculated; premeditated; considered
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to lie down; to throw oneself down
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
digital versatile disc; DVD
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
giga-; 10^9; gigabyte; GB; data traffic (esp. on mobile phone)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
together with; same; both; all; including ...
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
no matter how much time passes
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to