dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
front; frontage; facade; main
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
decision; determination; resolution
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
failure; mistake; blunder
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to continue to do; to persist in doing
please (give me); please (do for me)
to take over; to hand over
at once; immediately; right now
to stiffen; to become stiff
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to repeat; to do something over again