obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
secret art; the mysteries
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in the meanwhile; during the time
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
special; particular; peculiar; unique
versatility; multiplicity of use
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
also known as; also called
Venus (Roman goddess); Venus (planet)
senior high school student
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry