vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
to head home; to leave for home
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; (lit.) to nibble at one's parents' shins
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
image change; changing one's image; makeover
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
folding; collapsible; telescopic
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
evil spirit (that can possess people)
meal set before one; women's advances
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
the question remains; it comes into question
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
to begin to walk; to set out
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious