rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
madder red; dark red; crimson
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
such ... as; or some such
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
scenery; scene; landscape
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to be too numerous; to be too much
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to make merry; to be festive
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
explosion; rupture; break off
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to rush over; to run up to
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
urgency; exigency; emergency
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot