Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
exercise to help digestion
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
outsider; someone outside of a group
to be moved to the point of tears; to be touched
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
leadership; initiative; spearhead
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
grasp; catch; understanding
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
curvilinear beauty; curvaceousness
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs
moai; Okinawan-style social support group
image; figure; figure; form; image
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of