mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
entreaty; supplication; petition
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
greeting; a fine thing to say
control; check; restraint; inhibition
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
silence (not speaking); muteness
as (for); for; in the capacity of
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
that's the way it is; such is life
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
something like ...; something called ...
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
blow; shock; strike; batting
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing