bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
detailed statement; detailed account; minute description; specifications; list of particulars
to jump at; to be attracted by
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to telephone; to make a phone call
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
incident; affair; happening; event
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
difficult to ...; hard to ...
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
university hospital; teaching hospital
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
obliging person; person who likes looking after others
(not so) much; (not) very
one's days and nights being reversed
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
influencing (a person) for good
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to drop; to let fall; to omit