incompetence; inability; disability; incapacity
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
to toil; to labor industriously
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
weight (for scales); counterweight
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
massing (of troops); gathering
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
plainly; clearly; vividly
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on