fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant
although; though; despite the fact that ...
be (that) as it may; having said that
to press a question; to cross-examine
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
item; something that one "just has to have"
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to laugh away; to laugh off
home area; home town; local
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
nature; property; disposition
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
playground (for children); park
southwestern part; the southwest
closing of a park (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.)
vocational school; technical school
life; living; I; me; student
in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model