limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
workshop; studio; atelier
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
environment; circumstance
study; research; investigation
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
and; thereupon; because of that
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding; picture marriage; mail-order marriage
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
conviction; belief; confidence
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
present continuous tense; present progressive form
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to be at a loss for words
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
leaving everything up to someone else
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
parts; accessories; components
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining