noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
library (usu. single-room); small library
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
though; even if; whether ... or ...
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to take away; to carry away
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
matter of time; question of time
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
rather; sooner; preferably
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
troubled face; worried expression