deep inside; innermost place
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
duty; obligation; responsibility
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to order; to command; to appoint
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to have an idea; to have a clue
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
contemplation; meditation
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
writing something on commission; newly written text
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
writing (e.g. as a profession)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
right in the middle (of); midst; height
fields (of rice and other crops)
group; bunch; crowd; group
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
scope; valid range; coverage
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication