slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to take (be in) charge of
another's parent; another's parents
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
only recently; just of late
preface; introduction; preamble
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath