voluntary; optional; free; elective
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
fair and square; open and aboveboard
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
to think constantly about; to dwell on
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
definite decision; final decision
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
way; method; means; resource; course
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph