to begin drawing; to begin painting
prize money (in boxing or pro wrestling); purse
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
to have a terrible time; to have a hard time
colored pencil; coloured pencil
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
toe; toe (of a golf club)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
gong (instrument); gong (sound at the end of round, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to let fall
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
educator; teacher; educationalist
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to take back; to recapture
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
recovery; undoing; recall
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
transactions; dealings; business
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force