ambitious; motivated; willful
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
handbook; manual; guide; primer
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
to become desperate; to give in to despair
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
future (usually near); prospects
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
good prospects; full of hope; promising
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to spit out; to eject; to dump
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
strong pressure; heavy pressure
Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
precipice; cliff; flat head
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to escape death; to be saved from death
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
having not the slightest idea
recompense; indemnity; atonement