reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
each time it happens; at all such times
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
dealing with; coping with
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
moderately; in moderation
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
many; numerous; various; large number of
one after another; in succession
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
from the beginning; from scratch
worry; fear; anxiety; concern