puzzle ring; wire puzzle; exercise where students link crossed hands in a circle and try working together and without letting go
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
metallic sound; metallic clank
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
studying very hard; studying like mad
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
highest grade; superlative degree
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
since when; from when; how long
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
not yet known; unknown; strange
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
main question; real issue at hand
a little bit; a little while
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to slide into; to slip into
to be at a loss; to be in a corner
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
distortion; falsification; perversion
to comb down; to smooth down
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
winter vacation; winter holidays