complete change; about-face
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
little by little; step by step
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
that is to say; so that means
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to redeem (from sin); to save
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
simply; merely; only; solely
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
something; some kind of; for some reason
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...