cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
tiger's tail; gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides); Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
dealing with; coping with
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
fluent (in a language); flowing
tone (of voice); manner of talking
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
something like ...; something called ...
overlooking; turning a blind eye
difficult to ...; hard to ...
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
background research; research into the period
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl