to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
string instrument; stringed instrument
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to be able to manage somehow or other
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos; covert filming
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
black ground; black cloth
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
many; much; plenty; hardly
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
genuine article; real thing; real deal