process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
Pau (France); Poe; Po (river in Italy)
pen tablet; drawing tablet
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
the way one works; one's working manner
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
feeding (animals); provisioning
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
niddle-noddle; nid-nod; nodding off
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
top hundred; hundred best
good (place to leave off); convenient
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
fear; dread; fright; willies
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
suggestion; hint; implication
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears