mercantile disposition; having a nose for profit; commercialism; mercenary spirit
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
optimism; taking an optimistic view
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
slave (device); slave (person)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
private message; PM; post-meridiem; afternoon; project manager; product manager; particulate matter
to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion
express home delivery (by the Kuroneko Yamato company); door-to-door parcel delivery; courier service
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
attendance; presence; appearance