unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to live; to reside; to inhabit
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
living up to one's reputation
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
bombshell announcement (statement)
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
to spring at; to leap upon
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
strength; power; proficiency; ability
on the occasion of; at the time of
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...
rope; cord; policeman's rope
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
dressing oneself; personal grooming
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech