absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
drawing or writing in pencil
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
day after day; day by day
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
white powder (lead carbonate) used in the past as face pigment and used in paint more recently
to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to paint in different colors (for different purposes) (colours)
true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
friction; discord; strife
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
modern state; modern nation