falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
finally; barely; only just; gradually
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing
to comb down; to smooth down
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
person in his or her prime; man in his prime; woman in her prime
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
impoliteness; carelessness; misconduct; clumsiness
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
span of life; one's term of existence; destiny; fate; assigning a name to a number
dozens; scores of; decades
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
recuperation; medical treatment
together; mutually; fellow
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards