hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
and then; and so; and; so then
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
even if not; even without
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
I see; that's right; indeed
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to be conspicuous; to stand out