authenticity; credibility
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
refining; purification; careful manufacture
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
many; much; plenty; hardly
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
being very popular; being in great demand
infant; baby; little child
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
top notch; first rate; top-of-the-line; leading
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
practical problem; practical matter
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
descendant; progeny; offspring
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
brown; light brown; tawny
long talk; long-winded speech
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
and; thereupon; because of that
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
historical play; period drama
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting