successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
answering machine; answerphone
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
memory; sense; experience
space; interval; space character; whitespace
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
winter vacation; winter holidays
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
television program; TV program
program (e.g. TV); programme
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
final; eventual; ultimate
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
kiwi (Apteryx spp.); kiwi fruit (Actinidia deliciosa)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
breeding; raising; rearing
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little