heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
fast-talking; rapid talking
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
lower portion; base surface; soffit
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment