subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
established fact; fait accompli
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to be hot on a person's heels
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
one scene (e.g. in a movie)
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
disorder; disturbance; unrest
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
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)
posing a question; question
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
seat at a table; place at a table
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine