loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
richly colored; richly coloured
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
this and that; such and such
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
main shrine; inner sanctuary
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to pitch forward; to fall forward
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
to hand over; to surrender
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
communication skills; communication ability
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something