test period; exam period; examination time
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to set up shop; to open a store
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
cooperation; collaboration
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
cookware; cooking utensil
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
and yet; despite (all) that
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
planning; project; plan; design
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
wrong; different; not like that
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown