heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
descendant; scion; lineage
treating someone like a child
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
fine weather; fair weather
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
fragment; one of the group or party
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
technique; art; skill; move
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
some people; a few people; several people
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to find out; to discover; to locate