to be away from home; to be out of the house
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
sympathy; empathy; response
late at night; at a late hour
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
all night; throughout the night
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
if you think about it; come to think of it
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
this and that; one thing or another
already; now; no longer; not any more
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
fee; charge; rate; material
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
to have an eye on; to zero in on
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something