to work hard at one's lessons
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
old friend; old acquaintance
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
charming; fascinating; attractive
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
very recently; in the very recent past
development; exploitation
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
return of something; repayment
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
storehouse; warehouse; godown