unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
and yet; though; when; in spite of
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
little by little; step by step
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
coincident with; while; simultaneously
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
about when; about what time; how soon
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
world; society; people; the public
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to look away; to avert one's eyes
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to be rearranged or transposed
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
this world; this life; world of the living
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
at first; in the beginning; originally
innumerable; countless; numberless
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
change in appearance; transformation
to force one's way; to push through