quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
shopping basket; market basket
semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to change configuration (e.g. electrical wiring); to reconfigure
to fail an exam; to fall (of cherry blossom petals)
garden lantern; hanging lantern
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
Heidi (1881 novel by Johanna Spyri, 1974 anime)
to shine a spotlight on; to highlight; to bring attention to
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
to have a rumor circulating
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
leather strap; thong; leash
sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
at a stroke; with a single swoop
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
preserved food boiled in soy
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
to estrange (two friends); to come between (two people); to drive a wedge
to yell; to rant; to rave
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt