to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
to jar; to creak; to grate
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to force one's way; to push through
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to oil (e.g. chains, hinges, etc.)
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
reality; actuality; hard fact
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
etiquette; courtesy; manners
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
all nighter; sleepless night
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
matter causing distress; something causing worry
homosexuality; homosexual love
Ghanzi (Botswana); Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi)
to slap; to strike; to spank
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
author; writer; novelist; artist