to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
new menu item; new dish on a menu
female patissier; female pastry chef
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
at that time; in those days
noisy; confused; uproarious
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?