sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to serve one's aim; to serve one's purpose
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to be infected; to be contagious
slightly; a little; barely; narrowly; only; just
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
although I say; although one might say; although called
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
schoolgirl; female student
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to tell all; to give a full account
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
radium hot spring; radioactive hot spring
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
worldliness; vulgarity; coarseness
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
writing; composition; essay; sentence
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)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager