to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to put on; to wear; to get used to wearing
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
single-mother household; fatherless family
home environment; family environment
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
considerably; greatly; a lot
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
to become settled; to be fixed
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
but; however; provided that
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to that degree; to that extent; that much