to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
(right at the) side; just beside