arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
serious; severe; grave; acute
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
24 hours; twenty-four hours
within; inside of; less than
talk; recital; narration; topic
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to whine; to make feeble complaints
mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
power; authority; jurisdiction
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
another day; some other day
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
of tender years; very young
hard to get; hard to come by
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
germination; sprouting; budding
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
in its entirety; whole; wholly
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK