mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
stagnation; hindrance; delay
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
what do you want?; can I help you?
successfully; with success
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
precondition; prerequisite
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
useless; vain; aimless; idle
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
licence; license; certificate; diploma
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
self-determination; suicide