to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
festival; feast; carnival
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
great laughter; burst of laughter
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
after a long time; for the first time in a while
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to manage a state; to govern a country
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
God; god; ace; king; superior person
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
influential person; man of importance
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
focal point; nodal point; node
to bring; to take; to bring about
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
agricultural technology; farming techniques
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in