intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
thorough; exhaustive; complete
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
cough etiquette; coughing etiquette
triangular bandage; sling; triangular kerchief; bandana; bandanna
mole; lentigo; beauty mark; beauty spot
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
still better; even better
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
next term; next period; next version; next release
news of someone's death; obituary
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
lack of uniformity; unevenness; imbalance; inequality; disproportion
face contorted and about to cry
guess; speculation; supposition
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
individual differences; personal equation
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
a great variety of; diversity
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; to stun; to amaze
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)