solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
such ... as; or some such
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
to throw into; to toss into
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
useful thing; usable article
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to hide; to keep to oneself
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
how; in what way; by what means
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
for a change; for variety's sake
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)