effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow up; to become an adult
and; thereupon; because of that
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged
several minutes; a few minutes
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to whine; to make feeble complaints
ill will; malice; evil intent
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
summer sky; summery weather; clear, blazing summer weather
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
trio; gang of three; threesome
and; thereupon; because of that