different school (e.g. of ikebana)
to have a bitter experience
startup (interval of) time
cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk
practical model; utility model; new design for practical use
administrative agency; government authorities
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
heterogeneity; heterogenecity
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
misappropriation of public funds
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
parents' partiality for their children; parents overvaluing their children
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
ambidexter; ambidexterity
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
gathering evidence; collecting evidence
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
hurried recruitment; urgent recruitment
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
small piece; fragment; chip; splinter; strip; shred