monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
for the first time in one's life
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
24 hours; twenty-four hours
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
conviction; belief; confidence
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to lean against; to set against
former name for makushita division
hop; hops (Humulus lupulus)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
two times; twice; two degrees
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
ideally; if one were to wish for more
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to sit down; to take a seat
reading aloud; recitation
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low