meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
from here; from this place
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
premature joy; short-lived elation
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
relation; connection; relevance
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
tens of thousands of years
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to mind; to care; to worry
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
mountain climbing; mountaineering
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
Mount Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend