the more one looks (at it) the more ...
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
the world in general; society; convention
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly
swimming in the middle of winter or the cold season
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to meet all three important conditions; to be a triple threat; to be ideal
indescribable; having no way to express
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
refusing visitors (esp. in a hospital); not allowing visitors
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
trade; buying and selling
high spirits; gleeful mood
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
intelligence network; information network
that field; the authorities (esp. the police); the yakuza; organized crime circles
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)