to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
laughing in astonishment (at something silly or stupid); scoff
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
old couple; elderly couple
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
passionate love; ardent love; devotion
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
one's way (ahead); one's path
rubbing one's hands together
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
as planned; according to plan
expiration of term of office
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
depopulation; decrease in population
eastern part; the east (of a region)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)