one's best interests; one's own good
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
I see; that's right; indeed
one's own work; making by oneself
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to hand over; to surrender
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
something; some kind of; for some reason
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
notice; attention; observation
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); south-southeast; fourth month of the lunar calendar
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care