complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
adjust (by supplementing)
medicine taken internally
dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent
bonshō; Buddhist temple bell
nippers; diagonal pliers; wire cutters
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
the three powers: heaven, earth and man
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
with bright almond eyes; eyes wide open; nonchalantly
malnutrition; malnourishment
exposure; sensitization; sensitisation
outrageous lie; outright lie
strike while the iron is hot
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
Worcester sauce; Worcestershire sauce
to degenerate; to lapse into
gas burner; blowtorch; Bunsen burner
sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
snapshot (esp. of people)
to visit; (arch.) (original meaning) to make a noise