unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
optician; optician's store
flying; false start; doing something before the arranged time; breaking a street date
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to become dim; to become blurred
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to bring; to take; to bring about
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
discovery; detection; finding
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
tail (animal); tail end; tip
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
that day; the very same day
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
with a momentary flash of light
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; (of a samurai) devoting oneself to (the defence of) one's territory
north wind; northerly wind
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to increase; to add to; to augment
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that