newcomer; initiate; rookie
details; particulars; everything; every last detail
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
omen; fortune; effect (e.g. of prayers; as the result of intense training); efficacy
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
to thrust down; to push off
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
hard worker; hardworking person
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
stirring; rousing oneself
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
to express (in words); to confess
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
theatre; theater; playhouse
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); to come to an end; to finish
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
whatever; never mind; I don't care; the hell with it
charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
wearing one's hair knotted in the back
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each