rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
full throttle; full power
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
partly burned charcoal; cinders; charred remains; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
the same; the said; likewise
flash (of light); glint; schiller
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
for today; for the time being
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
manner of wearing clothes; way of dressing; way one dresses
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)