excess; surplus; superabundance
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
moving tale; impressive tale
(doing something) in tears
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
submersion; inundation; being flooded
cystitis; inflammation of the bladder
measurement round the hips
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
on the way back; returning
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
sample; specimen; test piece
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string