advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
opening; gap; dried and opened fish; extension
hustler; entrepreneur; (skilled or professional) pool player; billiard player; swindler; con man
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
white ball (baseball, golf ball, etc.)
to knock out (e.g. a homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to congratulate; to celebrate
shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
with a clunk; with a clank; the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
first meeting; first interview with
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
to have (something) innate; to be born with
does not match (one's, its) appearance
outward appearance; apparent
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink