limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
wherein; therein; thereinto
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
with these words; while saying
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
opposite; reverse; contrary
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to blow through; to blow across