chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
to come and go; to go back and forth
interpersonal; between individuals
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
mil (one thousandth of an inch); mill; grinder
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
Happy Meal (McDonald's kids' meal)
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
person obsessed with thoughts of sex; being obsessed with love or lust
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute); selling out (to a competitor); selling off
minority group (party); minority
to flare up; to fly into a rage
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
improvement of relations; rapprochement
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against