to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
another time; some other time
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
decrease; reduction; decline
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
transparency; degree of clearness
one grain; one drop; one bead
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
ultramarine colour (color)
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
instead; but (on the other hand)
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within