mockery; derision; ridicule
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
dull sound; muffled sound
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to lose one's senses; to go mad; to go off the rails; to fool around; to mess around; to lark about
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
commitment; pledge; promise
person concerned; interested party; related party
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to lose sight of; to miss
maker; manufacturer; producer; producer (of a film, play, etc.)
greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve); welcoming the New Year
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming
failure (of a person); letdown; washout; idiot; fool; moron
fireworks display; display of fireworks
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
24 hours; twenty-four hours
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
one after another; one after the other; in rotation; exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
little by little; bit by bit
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
both; both sides; both parties
making efficient; optimization
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
middle of the night; dead of night
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)