passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
present; gift; to give a present or gift
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
tropical; tropical worsted fabric
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
correction; revision; amendment
to not be taken seriously
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
man of the hour; woman of the hour
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
determination; resolution
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
walls have ears; (lit.) walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled