declaration; proclamation; announcement
a woman is as fickle as autumn weather
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
audience; attendance; hearers
street oratory; soapbox speech
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
ignorant of the ways of the world
(someone else's) child; child; kid
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
torii; Shinto shrine archway
(period of) a year; during an era
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
second; number two; runner-up
results; record; grades; marks
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable