unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
primer; manual; introductory book
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
title; index; heading; headline; caption
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
push-up (exercise); press-up
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
right in the middle (of); midst; height
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor