small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
in succession; one by one
to ask a question; to ask questions
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
those (near the second person)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
retort; back talk; backchat
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
in succession; one after another
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
stealthy steps; soft steps
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed