car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
default legal speed limit (in Japan, 60 km/h for cars on ordinary roads, 100 km/h on highways); national speed limit
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
erratic driving; driving in a zigzag
good news; happy news; glad tidings
sad news; news of a death; death notice
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to become settled; to be fixed
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
watchful waiting; careful supervision
sweeping sideways; mowing down
distant look; faraway look
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
maidservant; housemaid; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady; (arch.) lady
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
right to choose; a say; option
separate; respective; different
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to listen again; to ask again
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
chain; series; connection; linkage
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
reheating (food); rebaking; remaking (a story); adapting; rehashing
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
point in question (at issue)
self-deception; self-deceit
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
(taking an) objective point of view; viewing objectively
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps