link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
butting (in boxing); clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
baseball player; ballplayer
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to try to make a favourable impression; to appeal
air conditioning; air cooling
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
first of all; first thing
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
conscious; deliberate; intentional
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
spirogyra; algae forming pond scum
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
place of execution; execution site
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to be discouraged; to shrink from
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
evening cool; cool of the evening
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)