impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
indicate reason; infers some protest
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
every place; various places
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
masterful performance; virtuosity
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
largehearted; frank; unaffected
to put together; to assemble
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
review (of learned material); revision
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life