guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
being bad at communication; being unsociable
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
editor (in publishing, etc.)
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
since; henceforth; ever since
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
snap (of the wrist; in baseball, golf, etc.); snapshot; snap fastener; press stud; snap (movement, action)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to