something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
regarding highly; attaching importance to
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
method of bringing up; method of raising
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
under development; in development
present; gift; to give a present or gift
main question; real issue at hand
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
step; stride; counter for steps
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
just as one was told; like she (he) said
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract