local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
competitive entrance examinations for prestigious kindergartens and elementary schools
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
The Tortoise and the Hare
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
female court attendant; court lady
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
third day of the month; three days
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to be surprised; to be astonished
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)