comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list)
creator; inventor; developer
honor; honour; credit; prestige
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to make a fool of someone
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
watering hole; watering place
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
schoolgirl; female student
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
midterm (mid-semester) test or exam
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
new record (in sports, etc.)
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
to use up all one's strength
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
abnormal behavior (behaviour)
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess