voluntary; optional; free; elective
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
treating someone like a child
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
receiving; acceptance; reception
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
big catch (fishing); good haul
talent for poetry; poetic genius
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
newcomer; initiate; rookie
horseplay; fooling around
to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
independent action; acting alone
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun