a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
business hours; opening hours; office hours
Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
narrative part (of a text); descriptive writing (excluding direct speech and quotations)
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to master something (through personal experience)
second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel
short short (story); flash fiction
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
old woman; joker (in old maid)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
being good-for-nothing; useless person
most difficult; next to impossible
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
sense of values; values; value system
companion; partner; spouse
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)