cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
university graduate; having graduated from university
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
progress; advance; improvement; development
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
inside; interior; inner part
to make an appeal; to urge
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
useless; vain; aimless; idle
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to half-rise to one's feet
accurate; correct; precise; exact
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to be perturbed; to be agitated