oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
moderate; proper; just right
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
American-style (weak) drip coffee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
society; public; community; social studies
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
precipice; cliff; flat head
horizon (related to bodies of water)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly