to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
haughty; holding one's head high
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
everything one does; whatever one does
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
sense of unity; sense of oneness
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
piece; fragment; one (object)
whereabout; about where; how much
you (plural); all of you; you all
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
this and that; various things
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances