composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
temper pattern of a sword blade
master craftsman; skillful worker
adaptation (from); rebaking
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
alone; unaided; away from home
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to jump into; to rush into
as expected (positive events); as hoped for
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of); to bud; to germinate; to sprout
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to jump up and down; to hop
diligence; industry; assiduity; hard work
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
festival merrymaking; revelry
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
great-grandmother; great-grandma
festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
un-; non-; negative prefix
effect; result; worth; use; avail
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed