insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
next; secondly; subsequently
to hang (something) on the wall
basic mistake; careless mistake
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
counter seat; seat at the counter
mountain range; mountain belt
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
heap; pile; stack; full measure
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
full of troubles, difficulties
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
new student; freshman; first-year student
solo activities (e.g. of a band member); solo work; performing solo; solo career
Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA)
rest stop; service area; public address system; PA
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
invalid diet; diet for the sick; diet for patients
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch