shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
scouring; degumming; training; refining; refinement
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
rational; logical; coherent
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
moderate; proper; just right
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
only; merely; but; no more than
to pierce through; to break through
to take turns; to mingle together
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
tune (melody, piece of music)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
good feeling; feeling good
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to laugh away; to laugh off
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
eccentric; crank; oddball