bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to knock down; to knock off
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
top recommendation; something highly recommended
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
woman; female; feminine gender
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
former (incumbent); predecessor
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
control; check; restraint; inhibition
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
by all means; at all costs
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words