these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to add balance (to one's work, life, etc.); to balance work and play; to pace oneself
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
with a splurt (of a liquid, esp. semen); spurting; gushing out
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
stirring; slight movement
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to suck on; to cling to; to chew on
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to finish printing; to print off
to hold firmly in one's mouth; to clamp down on with one's teeth; to bring (a man) in (for sexual purposes); to lure in
absentmindedness; dreaminess; fool; blockhead; hollowness; emptiness
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
long-established; old-established; traditional
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
by sheer strength; by brute force
personal record; personal best
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
dated; date; date of effect (e.g. a rule change); fixed; external
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt