sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
ability; performance; efficiency
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
way (of doing); manner; method; means
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
cooking; food preparation
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
to have the privilege of doing
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive