waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
fewest; least; smallest (number); youngest
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
crawl (swimming); front crawl; forward crawl; web crawling
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
tickling; tickle; joke; gag
new record (in sports, etc.)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
way of asking; way of listening; listener
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
and; AND (Boolean operator)
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
standard; set; routine; decided
full view; plain sight; completely visible
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
day after day; day by day