depression; recession; slump
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
society; public; community; social studies
to be mature and kind; to be well-balanced; to be a good person
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
innocent; cherubic; childlike
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
clear weather after a typhoon has passed
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
sour cocktail (oft. carbonated); sour (taste)
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
outside of; not covered by
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
to turn against; to become an enemy
in the same manner as before; the same as always
going on about oneself; talking about oneself