to appear uneasy; to appear anxious
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
secret; private; surreptitious
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
destruction; demolition; smashing apart; spoiling; ruining
experimental; provisional
crops; agricultural produce
limited time; limited-time offer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
amount of material resources
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
increase in production; production increase
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on