election; selection; choice
endurance contest; test of endurance
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
one's post; place of work; workplace
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
kakekotoba; pivot word; play on words (esp. in poetry); pun
ill will; malice; evil intent
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
youngster; young and immature person
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
the middle-aged and the elderly
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)