to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
confidence; trust; faith; credit
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to frolic about; to mess around
meditation; contemplation
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
unable to resist; unable to suppress
emperor; prince; princess
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to get tired out; to be exhausted
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
sunshade; blind; awning; parasol
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun