persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to solicit; to demand; to extort
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
ecstatic; ecstatically; splitting headache
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
instead; but (on the other hand)
fragile article; breakables; broken article
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
chafing; sore; scrape; scratch; mark; rub
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to get distracted; to jump off the track
diagonal move (in the game of go)
tuft of hair under temple; sideburns; sidelocks
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to