to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
start of work; commencement; opening
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
hired car with driver; chauffeur-driven vehicle for hire
back seat (of a car); rear seat
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
so; like this; in this way