request; favour (to ask); wish; please
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to concern; to be related
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
secret; private; surreptitious
decision; determination; resolution