return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
at first; in the beginning; originally
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
assertion; declaration; affirmation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)