to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
carefree; free from worry
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
disparate society; stratified society
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
strainer; colander; filter
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
(poly) vinyl chloride; PVC
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
filtration; filtering; percolation
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
tight; close-fitting; tight (supply and demand); scarce; tight skirt; straight skirt
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
still water; stagnant water; stopping the flow of water
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
anything and everything; just about everything
care; precaution; guarding; caution