as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
word game; wordplay; playing with words
for example; for instance; e.g.
clicking; clopping; clacking
(act of) writing on a blackboard
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to rearrange; to resequence
now that; since; so long as; because
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
the last moment; the very end
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
or; OR (Boolean operator)
GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
main ingredient; main component
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
character (in a novel, film, etc.)
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation