receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
live music or performance
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
single; simple; sole; individual; unitary
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
recorder (musical instrument); English flute
novel; original; new; innovative
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
interrupting (someone speaking); butting in; cutting in
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to triumph; to be elated with success
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition