the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
to refuse; to decline; to deny
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
results; record; grades; marks
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
one's family (home) background (environment)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
primary school; elementary school; grade school
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
going in and out of style; changes in fashion
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
popular person; favorite; favourite
succession; continuation; series; sequence
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
waste of time; killing time
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to shake one's head (in denial)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement