to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
voice quality; type of voice
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
three-digit number; hundreds column
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
Japanese food; Japanese dish; Japanese cuisine
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
rival candidate; rival; opponent; rival horse
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
gentle spring rain; glass noodles; cellophane noodles; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
no game; game that is stopped before it can be considered an official game (e.g. due to rainout)
to be manageable; to be able to handle
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to crumble away; to collapse
(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with; standing; permanent; regular
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
university student; college student
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
research institute; (research) laboratory
appointment; assignment; promotion
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to toady (to); to fawn (on)
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
being interested in someone (only) for sex
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
out of character; unlike one