I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
spa (mineral spring); spa (establishment with facilities for beauty treatment, weight loss, relaxation, etc.); health spa; spaghetti
risky; dangerous; insecure
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to walk away; to walk off
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
younger scholar; future reference
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
starting point; point of departure
even if; even though; wow
departure; leaving; setting off
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
imitation; counterfeit; fake; replica
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
gum; rubber; eraser; condom