pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
opinion; intention; thought
honour; honor; glory; privilege
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
February; second month of the lunar calendar
Bon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period
fine weather; fair weather
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
inner-city area; city center
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
rowing; paddling (by hand)
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
to start sliding; to begin to slide; to begin to slip; to make a start; to start (off); to get under way
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
joint; seam; joining point
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
Dunkerque (France); Dunkirk
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
water's edge; waterside; shore
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
poor country; third world country; impoverished nation
line; queue; procession; matrix
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle); clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
aborted fetus (foetus); miscarried fetus; stillborn fetus; newborn baby
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)