platform shoes; thick-soled shoes
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
the opposite direction; the other way
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
front tooth; foretooth; incisor
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
a second time; again; once more; twice
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
superior; superiors; senior
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
is that so?; I see; right; oh
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to thrust away; to send flying
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to show signs of; to appear
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire
cannot be helped; unavoidable
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
Official Development Assistance; ODA
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
foundation stone; cornerstone
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself