(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
fee; charge; rate; material
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
heart; guts; nerve; central part
evening; night; nighttime
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to run about; to rush about
to be reflected in a mirror
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
scenery; scene; landscape
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to quit one's job; to resign
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water