to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to listen to in an ecstasy
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
outline; summary; gist; in brief
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
preference; priority; precedence
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to speak; to say; to vocalize
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
first-rate; finest quality; the best
even though; despite; when
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to rush over; to run up to
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
interruption; suspension; break
with these words; while saying