test paper (e.g. litmus paper); test strip
to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
multiplication table; times table
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
in this way; thus; such; uh...
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
assertion; declaration; affirmation
gushing out; welling up; springing up
simmering; (boiling) gently
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
pale; pallid; bluish-white
black lustre; black luster
innumerable; countless; numberless
sphere; counter for balls
to shed light; to cast light
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters