to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
trusting too much; overestimating ability
fee; charge; rate; material
hunting ground; hunting preserve
manufacturing cost; production cost
change; metamorphosis; transformation
stop (on a train's route)
footprints; trail (of someone)
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
to run away; to escape safely
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to anticipate; to foresee
health management; health maintenance; health care
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers
the five fingers; leading five; top five
to bring up under one's personal care
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
burst (tire, pipe, etc.); rupture; blowout; burst (radiation, signal, etc.)
(another's) daughter; young lady
necessary items; required items; necessary information; required fields (on a form); mandatory fields
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; handsome grey-haired man; silver fox
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
Gothic Lolita (type of fashion style)
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
getting big laughs just from appearing on the stage (or screen, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to threaten; to make threats
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
angelica (any herb of the genus Angelica, esp. garden angelica, Angelica archangelica)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better