aptitude; aptness; suitability
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
soldier; combatant; warrior
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
(made of) stone; stone-built
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
each house; every house; many houses
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
short distance; close range
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally