skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up
(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye
to be smeared; to be covered
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
to keep standing; to stand motionless
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
viewing as a problem; problematizing
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to be perturbed; to be agitated
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
tsumugi; pongee; traditional rough-surfaced cloth woven from raw silk
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to order; to command; to appoint
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
self-praise; praising oneself