no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
that is to say; so that means
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
to be filled to bursting; to burst
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
maintaining the status quo
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
silence; stillness; quietness
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to push (something) against
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception