funny story; funny anecdote
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
confusion; distraction; derangement
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
light pink; light crimson
weakening; emaciation; decline
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
discovery; detection; finding
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
to waste time; to kill time
air-permeability; breathability
old model (of an appliance, etc.); becoming outdated; drop (type of metal casting defect)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
hair on the back of one's head