clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
skill; dexterity; proficiency
soldier; combatant; warrior
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
antiquity; the previous era
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
popular person; favorite; favourite
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)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to solicit; to demand; to extort
forcibly; against one's will
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to hand over; to surrender
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)