to cry tears of joy; to weep for joy
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to be conspicuous; to stand out
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
merits and demerits; good points and bad points; strengths and weaknesses
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to lead someone around by the nose
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
generation; lifetime; age
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
regardless of right or wrong; regardless of merit; both good and bad
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet