to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to push aside; to brush aside
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
excellent answer; clever answer
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to let (someone) have the credit (for); (lit.) to let (someone) hold the flowers
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
oracle; revelation; divine message
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
24 hours; twenty-four hours
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
maid; helper; help; assistance
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
piece of meat; cut of meat
product; produce; result; fruit
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
confections; sweets; candy; cake
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife