sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
while doing over and over; repeatedly
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
to be led by; to be headed by
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
direct connection; direct link
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)
periodic; regular; routine
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
(for one's stomach) to rumble
stomach ache; abdominal pain
moaning; muttering; complaining
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
multiplication table; times table
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
test of courage (e.g. at a frightening place such as a graveyard); dare
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
by itself; automatically; naturally
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string