a few seconds; several seconds
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
characters that are difficult to read; poor handwriting
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
distinctive; characteristic
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
kousso (African flowering plant, Hagenia abyssinica); kosso; cusso; koso; brayera
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
in (a period of time, manner); at (a time, stage in life, etc.); despite; although; as well as; (both) ... and ...
to say no more; to sink into silence
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
living room (Western style); sitting room
as before; as ever; as it was originally
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
dozens; scores of; decades
in one's own way or style
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
sports-minded; sports-oriented
suspension of club activities; absence from club activities; not attending club activities
the front; honest; upright; decent
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.