self-education; self-instruction; self-study
cell; serge; cel (celluloid); starter motor
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
establishment; settlement
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to fan; to incite; to instigate
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to divide in two; to divide in half; to divide (among); to apportion; to portion out
service road; frontage road
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
keystroke; typing; execution of test cases
tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
absconding; making off; taking off; slipping away; vanishing; disappearing
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly