amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
principle; theory; fundamental truth
impossible; unlikely; improbable
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
several times; once or twice
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
if you think about it; come to think of it
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
example; illustration; precedent
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
sleeping together in a huddle
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)