ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
imperial palace; festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
indicate reason; infers some protest
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
to have one's horizons broadened
ignorant of the ways of the world
accumulation; accumulate; store
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
long time; long interval; for quite some time
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
lesser councilor of state; lesser councillor of state; minor councilor; minor councillor
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to manage something successfully; to be successful
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
care; precaution; guarding; caution
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence