social; societal; societary
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
girl; lass; young thing; chick
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
but; however; even though; even if
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
meeting hall; assembly hall
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
absorbance; extinction; optical density
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
with a slurp; slurpingly; smooth; shiny; noodles; udon
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
there is nothing; having nothing
full signal strength (on a cellphone); good cellphone reception; (lit.) three bars
Long Term Evolution (wireless communication standard); LTE
Wi-Fi; WiFi; wireless local area network; wireless LAN
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)