cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
Orkut; former Google social networking site
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
speaking voice; talking voice
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
singing voice; (sound of) singing
rest; break; recess; intermission
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
not permitting; not authorizing
growth period (in children)
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
clearing one's throat; cough
fifth day of the month; five days
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into