to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
love affair; love relationship
firmly rooted; deep-seated
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
stranger; person from another place
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
straight; as the crow flies
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to make an appeal; to urge
main force; chief object; mainline
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
long-life celebrations, particularly the 61st, 77th and 88th birthdays
to beat someone by ganging up on them
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond