criticism; critique; review; commentary
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
being in love with each other
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
absorption; suction; attraction
to find useful; to think highly of
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
hexadecimal; hexadecimal notation; hex
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
previous work; preceding work; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
manuscript; version; draft
to begin talking; to open up
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to anticipate; to foresee
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
to scrap (work in progress, esp. illustration); to reject; to shelve; to cancel (plans, etc.)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
outsider; someone outside of a group
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
plainly; clearly; vividly
to not believe one's ears
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart