tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to collect; to assemble; to gather
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
story; tale; talk; discussion
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
had better ...; had better not ...
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
while; during (the time when)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
hard worker; hardworking person
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
The Ant and the Grasshopper