wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
metal plate; metallic plate
dual structure; double structure
melting; fusion; liquefaction
crimping; pressure bonding
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
antebrachial bone; forearm bone
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
real intention; true motive; true meaning
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
killing two birds with one stone
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
green tract of land; green space
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
(spinning) around; while revolving; with a curl; with a whirl; (coiling) around
gold ore; gold deposit; gold mine
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
tacit; unspoken; implicit
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
earthen figure; clay figure; dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)