way (of doing); manner; method; means
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
ultimate; final; last; eventual
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
obsolescence; becoming obsolete (of a product, etc.)
forevermore; for eternity
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
(for the) first time in one's life
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the Sun)
powerful person; influential person
solely; entirely; only; or
episode; anecdote; vignette
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
comic books; comics; comic; comical
fortune-telling; divination