school grades; academic results
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
precipice; cliff; flat head
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
either way; in any case; one way or another
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
Gone with the Wind (1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, film 1939)
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
emphasizes direct object of action
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
family-oriented; familial
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)
the senses; sensuality; carnality