to make a speech; to address
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
if it is (the case that ...)
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
carrying voice; well-projected voice
seedling; sapling; young tree
design; idea; conception; plan
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
overlap; duplication; doubling
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
passion for gambling; fondness for speculation; speculative spirit
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
complete; completion (of a collection, video game, etc.)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that