operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
(spinning) around; while revolving; with a curl; with a whirl; (coiling) around
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)
experiment; experimentation
to scrape off; to shave off
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
woman; female; feminine gender
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt
will not do; do not; does not
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to flare up; to burst into flames
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
electricity; (electric) light
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
very young; little; childish; immature
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly