cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
southern Tohoku (usually Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima prefectures)
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to say; to be pleased to say
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
degree of attention; profile
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
person concerned; interested party; related party
victim; injured party; sufferer
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly