nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
detailed statement; detailed account; minute description; specifications; list of particulars
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to telephone; to make a phone call
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
occurrence; happening; incident; event
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
difficult to ...; hard to ...
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
university hospital; teaching hospital
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
one's days and nights being reversed
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)