natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
making rapid progress; making great advances; rush; dash; onslaught
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
one person; another name; nickname; alias
middle of the night; dead of night
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
finally; in the end; on top of all that
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
how should I know?; don't ask me
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
gender; distinction of sex; sex
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)