to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
dance of death; danse macabre
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to fall in love (with); to love
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
it hasn't been long since
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
air of seniority; patronizing attitude of a senior toward a junior
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
check; restraint; oppression; repression
crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
random; unintentional; unintended
automatic; intransitive verb
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
to mind; to care; to worry
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke