vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
foundation stone; cornerstone
ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability; ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
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)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
four characters; four letters
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
prickling; stinging; tingling
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to sink (into); to get depressed
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
synchronization; synchronized swimming