obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump up and down; to hop
just-harvested; something freshly harvested or gathered (usually produce)
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
primary business; primary function; primary focus
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
python; Python (programming language)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
marshland; wetland; swampland
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to step over or across; to overcome
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
cluster; clique; faction; fan group
father; dad; husband; you; he
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty