to squash; to crush; to flatten
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
a step; short distance; short time
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to look down over; to look down on
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
gradually; little by little; soon; before long; here and there; scattered
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
in that manner; like that
river; stream; River; the ... river
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
condition; state (of health); appearance
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
finishing blow; coup de grâce
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
when it becomes; when it comes to
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about