was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
putting oneself into something; exerting oneself
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
accounting; administration (of money)
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined
to line up with; to be a member of; to rank with; to attend; to take part in
area; domain; territory; field; range
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
to paint over heavily; to plaster up
varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
enka; traditional-style Japanese popular ballad; troubadour
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
unanticipated; unexpected
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
(liquid) nasal mucus; nasal discharge; pituita; snot
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")