ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to straighten up; to sit upright
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
3rd day of the month; three days
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
2nd day of the month; two days
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
blood sugar level; blood glucose level
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
commuting to school; school commute
flour; meal; powder; heroin
to be smeared; to be covered
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
right in the middle (of); midst; height
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being