increase (in an amount of money)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
promising without due consideration
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
one's post; place of work; workplace
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
wounded person; injured person
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
school nurse; nurse teacher; health teacher
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
indescribable; having no way to express
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
changing clothes; change of clothes
to be extremely thorough, focusing on even the finest of details
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation