control; check; restraint; inhibition
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
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
you could say; you might say; verging on the
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to shake; to sway; to waver
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to breathe out; to exhale
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
cabriole leg (of a table, chair, etc.); stealthy footsteps; walking silently
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
everywhere; all over; throughout
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
opening a business; opening a practice
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
business; trade; operations; sales
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
complete; whole; perfect; safe
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
admiration; wonder; astonishment
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
for use of customers or guests
smallish; on the small side
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
being startled; getting a shock
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen