god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
moonless sky (poetic usage)
dwelling; house; residence; address
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to close (one's eyes); to shut
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
as if it were about oneself
that kind; competition; match
to correct oneself; to restate
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to accept; to receive; to agree
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
elder sister; effeminate man
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink