ardent; passionate; vehement
adherent; devotee; believer
acceleration; speeding up
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
in succession; one after another
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
demonstration board (for Go, Shougi, etc.)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
door; gate; opening; title page
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to thrust down; to push off
number of times; frequency; count
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
words of praise; eulogy; compliment