practice; practising; training; study
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
difference; variation; difference
to refuse; to decline; to deny
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
growing child's hearty appetite
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
junior high school student; middle school pupil
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
older sister; lass; young lady
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
patient; unhurried; leisurely
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
feeling keenly; fully realizing
keep up your strength; chin up!
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft