calming down; quieting down
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
topic of discussion; agenda
established practice; custom
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
stifled (laughter); simmering
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
space (room, area, outer space)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
joint together; opposite; facing
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...