blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
ideal weather (for some action, event, etc.); perfect day
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
store interior; inside of a shop
preparations for returning (home)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
pointing out; identification
main question; real issue at hand
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
isolation; being alone; being friendless
the full-day (school system)
leaving school during a term
process; course; mechanism
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to dye; to colour; to color
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something