congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to count; to include in the number
innermost depths of one's heart
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
defense; defence; protection
scandal; deplorable event
to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some on out
main object; principal object; true aim
semantics; the study of meaning
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
great difference; major mistake
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to use and then throw away
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
hard to get; hard to come by
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto