homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to grow up; to become an adult
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
tolerance; broad-mindedness
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
wicked thought; wicked mind
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
metal sake jug; sake warmer
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
fertile; rich; productive
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
supplementary or additional fertilizer (fertiliser)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
immoral; illicit; unethical
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede