to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
ability; performance; efficiency
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
(find) common (meeting) ground
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
belief; faith; conviction
useless resistance; vain struggle
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
personification; impersonation; embodiment
Archimedes (287?-212 BCE)
double; twice (as much); twofold
practice; practising; experience
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
thorough; exhaustive; complete
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
February; second month of the lunar calendar
commerce; trade; business
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar