I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
heading; headline; index; headword
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
professionalism; professional awareness
principal occupation; core business
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
of great promise; with a promising future
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
no matter how much time passes
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
semi-transparent; translucent