not bad; not half bad; pretty good
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
Japanese robin (Erithacus akahige)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to burn with combativeness
to flare up; to burst into flames
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
change of key (during piece); modulation
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
the ocean; the great deep
to frolic about; to mess around
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
tradition; legend; folklore
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
siren (in Greek mythology)
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
this (very thing); this precisely
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)