incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
moderate; proper; just right
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
individual technique (in team sports); individual skills; individual play
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
no matter how much time passes
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
salty sea breeze; salt wind
when; how soon; how long until
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
mass production of inferior goods
everything; anything; nothing
longed-for; anxiously awaited
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
finish; completion; the end
middle of the night; dead of night
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to fight to the bitter end
launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth