difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
the early bird gets the worm
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
ehehe (embarrassed laugh); ahaha
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
to fit (inside something)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
7th day of the month; seven days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
continuation; succession; series; continuous
within; inside of; less than
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
school festival; campus festival
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent