morning; forenoon; just before noon
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
recompense; indemnity; atonement
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
at first; in the beginning; originally
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
sightseer; spectator; viewer
carbonization; carbonisation
transparent; plain (glass or glasses)
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
to be sooty; to be stained
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
powerless; helpless; incompetent
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
do-or-die game; crucial contest
geometric (progression, etc.)
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
contest of strength; trial of strength
to have no chance (of succeeding)
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose