chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
per unit time; rate per unit of time
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
hertz (unit of frequency); Hz; heart
high-pitched tone; soprano
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
Palma (Brazil); Parma (Italy)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
Rigolet; Rigoletto (opera by Verdi)
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse