life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
expression of love; showing love
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
outward appearance; looks
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
both hands; both arms; ten
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
with a slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour