falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
boasting of one's strength
to whine; to make feeble complaints
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
in low spirits; dejected; sad
prospects of victory; chances of success
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
falling over; toppling sideways
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
since one was born; (in) all one's life
to dance; to perform a dance
establishment (of a business); founding
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
cherry blossom (colour, color)
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
very loose; slowly; leisurely
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)