firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
business; work; operations; service; duties
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
summertime; summer season
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
instead; but (on the other hand)
to soothe and humor; to coax
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
quantity or volume of water
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
trivial; not amounting to much
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
shore; bank (of a body of water)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass