quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
World Championships in Athletics
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
shoe sore; foot blister (caused by shoes)
hammer throw (track and field)
to become bright; to become clear
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
will not do; do not; does not
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
(for the) first time in one's life
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
and; thereupon; because of that
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long