likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal
hee hee hee; hi hi hi; chuckling; snickering
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
tongue; tongue (of a shoe); seal flap (of an envelope)
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
vision (of the future); foresight; large display screen; imagination; insight; (sense of) sight
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
networking; making contacts
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
reason; cause; history; origin
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
manifesting in human form (of a Buddha or Bodhisattva); avatar
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
all members; everybody; regular member
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage