imperial court; royal court
lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
aquatic products; fisheries
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
yen (currency of Japan); circle
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
less than ...; smaller ...
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
frequency (of occurrence)
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to spit out; to eject; to dump
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat