skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
educator; teacher; educationalist
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
character written in a cursive style
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
5,000,000; five million; (arch.) many
bank; banking institution
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
the last day of the year; New Year's Eve
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
wherein; therein; thereinto
threatening letter; intimidating letter
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
retention; maintenance; preservation
convention; tired tradition; old custom
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
objection; dissent; protest
now that; since; as long as; provided that
on one hand; on the other hand
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
countermeasure; counter-measure