the passage of electric current
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
being clearheaded; having a keen (sharp, brilliant) mind
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
flawless; absolute perfection
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
forgetting; lapse of memory
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to grow up; to become an adult
first year of high school; first-year high school student
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive (e.g. a blow)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience