specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
to have a relationship; to have relations
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
point in common; common feature
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
each juncture; each turning point
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
ability; performance; efficiency
to eat too much; to overeat
weird; disgusting; sickening
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
moaning; muttering; complaining
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to sweep up; to sweep into a heap