courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
word game; wordplay; playing with words
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
condensed milk; Soviet Union
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
ignorant of the ways of the world
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
at the last moment; this late in the game
fragment; one of the group or party
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
garden lantern; hanging lantern
heaven and earth; top and bottom
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
one revolution; one rotation
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
lifelike; exact resemblance
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
correction; revision; amendment
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake