hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
complete; whole; perfect; safe
almost; roughly; approximately
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
surroundings; environs; circumference
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
another dimension; different level; whole other level
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size