Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa); flowering quince
showy; flashy; flamboyant
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
stealthily; secretly; in secret
school grades; academic results
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
to get change back; to be more than enough
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
aichmophobia (fear of sharply pointed objects); belonephobia
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Anne of Green Gables (novel by L. M. Montgomery)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays