to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
term of validity; expiration date (of medicine, credit card, etc.)
lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void
(political) power; authority; influence
Consumer Affairs Agency; CAA
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
Pocky game; party game in which two people eat a Pocky stick from both ends
ringlets; ringlet curls; sausage curls
twist (dance); twist (movement); spin
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
billowy; fluffy; cloudlike; tenderly; amiably; softly
whistle (sound made with the lips)
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
light snow; light snowfall; thin layer of snow; jellied dessert made of beaten egg white, agar and sugar
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
hospitalization; hospitalisation
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
colour; color; hue; tints
to save; to leave over; to spare
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
what kind of business; what sort of matter