skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
secret; private; surreptitious
won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
to be able to manage somehow or another
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
longed-for; anxiously awaited
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
three; three years of age