exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
industrial engineering; IE
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
line-up (of players, products, etc.); lineup
(talking in a) half-joking manner
charging (a fee); billing; charge; paying for virtual goods or premium features (in a video game, on a social networking service, etc.); microtransaction
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
hobbit (in J.R.R. Tolkien's works); The Hobbit (film series)
master of ceremonies; MC; intermission between songs in which the performers speak to the audience; machining center; marginal cost
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
to succeed; to bear fruit
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
diamond; diamond; infield; diamonds (suit)
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)
buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at children, e.g. manga)
stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way