pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
practice; practising; training; study
eagerly; earnestly; zealously; wholeheartedly; diligently; assiduously
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
burlesque; low comedy; farce
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
Western food; Western dish; Western cooking; Japanized Western cuisine
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to finish; to end; to close
to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving