to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
briskly; quickly; promptly
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
audience; spectator; spectators
to watch over; to watch attentively
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.); mother; housewife; (female) pet owner; pet parent
(medical) doctor; physician
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
no!; no no!; no, not at all
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
it is I who should say so
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
editor (in publishing, etc.)
author; writer; novelist; artist
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
besides; in addition; also; moreover
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to speak; to hear a voice
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
invisibly; secretly; privately
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
playing doctor; children examining each other's genitals (often as a role play)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat