pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to order; to command; to appoint
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
locker room; changing room; dressing room
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
(frozen) mixed vegetables
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
male instincts; male frivolity
manly; masculine; like a man
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
full of openings; half empty; (cutting) sharply; cleanly; (arch.) (progressing) smoothly
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
by hook or by crook; by all possible means