folding; intramolecular self-assembly; folding (knife, chair, etc.)
mechanism; organization; organisation
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
morning; forenoon; just before noon
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
trivial; not amounting to much
intelligence gathering; information gathering
close; intimate; on good terms
amusement center; amusement centre
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
such ... as; or some such
to take; to catch; to capture
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to torment; to harass; to tease
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign