speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
recommendation; endorsement
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to press a question; to cross-examine
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
precocity; early ripening; premature development
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
on the occasion of; at the time of
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
novel; original; new; innovative