drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
pupil; student; schoolchild
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to beat to death; to kill
it's not like; it isn't as if
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
prohibition; inhibition; ban
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
establishment; settlement
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
ideally; if one were to wish for more
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
areola mammae (circular area around nipple); areola
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
perfectly in sync; in step (dancing); on the same wavelength
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result