hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
butterfly net; net for catching insects
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
early on; earlier on; from early
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
fat (of meat); fatty meat
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
way of asking; way of listening; listener
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
separation; divorce; severing of connections
handrail; railing; banister
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
outward appearance; apparent
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
(electrical) ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
long ago; already; a long time ago
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only