teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to investigate; to examine
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
remaining heat; remaining warmth; residual public excitement; commotion; lingering enthusiasm; lingering fervor
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
basin (e.g. between mountains)
high and low; rise and fall
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
matter of time; question of time
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile