to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
joining a club as a trial
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
surroundings; environs; circumference
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
loser; defeated person; the defeated
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
to be discouraged; to shrink from