speech and conduct; words and deeds
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
severe criticism; damnation
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
someone who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; studying hard; cramming; swotting
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
pince-nez glasses; pince-nez; nose glasses; Groucho glasses
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
common use; communal use; sharing
fluent (in a language); flowing
heaps of corpses all around
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
history of Japan; Japanese history
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
copier; copy machine; photocopier
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
from the beginning; from scratch
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
than; other than; except; but