knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
rather than; more ... than ...
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
then; well; so; well then
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
matryoshka; Russian nesting doll
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Japanese (people, language, style)
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
hill size (in ski jumping); HS
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
unit; (small) group (esp. in music or entertainment); band
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.