mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
order; sequence; procedure
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
one by one; one after another; successively
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
author; writer; novelist; artist
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
signing; autograph session
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
insight; power of observation
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
in the same way as; just like
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
electricity; (electric) light
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
vexing; irritating; impatient
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
front; frontage; facade; main
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
since when; from when; how long