studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
lie; rye; rai (Algerian music style)
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
dispersing; breaking up; running away
cooking class; cookery school
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
restless; fidgety; lively; busy
what with this and that; for a number of reasons