to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to laugh away; to laugh off
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to break a dam; to burst out
grandfather; male senior-citizen
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
difference; discrepancy; variation
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
estimate (of costs); budget
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
small hill; low hill; hillock
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling