to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
rice and curry; curry rice
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
episode; anecdote; vignette
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
number one; first; best; most; game; round
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to concern; to be related
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to speak; to say; to vocalize
such; this sort of; like this
feeling; sense; impression
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush