lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
round-robin tournament; round-robin competition
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
endless; boundless; everlasting
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
private pupil; apprentice
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
in a day; in a brief space of time
the whole year; all the year
pigment; paint; colour; color
predicament; one's ground; one's position
holding out a little longer
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
though one didn't intend (expect) to
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent