to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
shell (e.g. electron shell)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
conviction; belief; confidence
lead; leading; leading (in points, goals, etc.); getting ahead; lead (from a base); lead (of an article); lede
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
shellfish; seashell; shell
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to force (something) into; to thrust into
just you wait and see (as a threat)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
one by one; one after another; successively
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...