blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
to become locked; to lock
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
rising diagonally up and to the right; growing; expanding; soaring
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
going through; going via; going by way of
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
midwinter; dead of winter
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to cause someone to worry
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
guidance; direction; leading; guidance of juveniles to prevent delinquency; taking into custody (esp. of minors) for their protection
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
demi-glace (type of brown sauce)
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage