stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
as stated; verbatim; literally
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
educational institution; school; academy; campus
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
appearance; figure; shape; form
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
metallicity; metal abundance
alone; by oneself; on one's own
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
how long; how far; how much
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to dream of making a fortune at one stroke; to dream of getting rich quickly
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
superficially clever; smart-alecky; shrewd
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
practical question; practical problem; practical matter
that's true; of course; obviously
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)