secret; private; surreptitious
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
stingy; cheap; very frugal
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
tune (melody, piece of music)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
talk; recital; narration; topic
way; method; means; resource; course
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
comprehension; understanding
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
early (days); initial stage; initial
second term; second stage
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself