dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
green light; (giving) permission; OK
solid (body); solid matter; solid food
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
thermos bottle; vacuum flask
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
when; how soon; how long until
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
facial expression of feigned ignorance
fish balls; fish dumplings