flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
(small crunchy) dried sardines
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
one more time; once more; once again
being about to cry; the verge of tears
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment