diploma; licence; license
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
self-determination; suicide
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
cannot be helped; unavoidable
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
battlefield; battleground
strange; rare; novel; curious
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled