to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
cheap article; poor quality article
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
item; article; dish; course; finest item
present; gift; to give a present or gift
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
several shots; several blows
several times; several degrees
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
leaving everything up to someone else
to applaud; to cheer (for)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
simply; merely; only; solely
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
quitting while one is ahead
to carry over; to carry forward; to keep (for later); to defer
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
notice; attention; observation
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
as a child; when one was a child
to push aside; to push one's way through
riverside; edge of a river
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes