announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
over-the-knee socks; overknee socks
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
reality; actuality; hard fact
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
one more time; once more; once again
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
it is not (like that) either
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming