exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
top recommendation; something highly recommended
a push; another effort; one more effort
outlet (store); (electrical) outlet
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
to work hard; to try hard; to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to devote oneself to
isolation; being alone; being friendless
connection; link; relationship
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
leaving a club; quitting a club
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won
to take back; to recapture