change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
unanticipated; unexpected
to hammer into place; to end (a performance); to kill (with a gun, sword, etc.); to slay
living room (Western style); sitting room
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market); skilled batter; batter on a hot streak; accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
reconfirmation; double check
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
king; king; king (chess piece)
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
ability; capability; competence; skill
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
small piece (e.g. of cloth)
furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper