pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to degenerate; to lapse into
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
spring break; spring vacation
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
lay-up (in basketball and golf); layup
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
to be tired of looking at
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it