to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
in low spirits; dejected; sad
weak constitution; ill health
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
had better ...; had better not ...
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
non-volitional; involuntary; spontaneous; unintentional
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
environment; circumstance
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
serious; severe; grave; acute
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
example; illustration; precedent
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player
author; writer; novelist; artist
possible; probable; likely
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose