dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
countermeasure; counter-measure
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
having gone too far to turn back
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
lost article; something forgotten
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
degree of familiarity; popularity
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to become famous; to gain fame
specialized; specialised; boutique
nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible
hard to control; unmanageable
third day of the month; three days
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
(a place) out of one's reach
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation