puffing (e.g. steam train); chugging; steaming; feeling hot
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
perfectly matching; totally agreeing; concurring; sticking to
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
adjustment; coordination; regulation
first runner (in a relay race); top-class runner; vanguard (of a person); front line; top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
still life (painting, drawing)
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
solid (body); solid matter; solid food
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
to stare back (at); to glare back
on the sea; surface of the sea
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
classification; categorization; sorting
gossip; corner of the mouth
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
a little bit; a little while
long-awaited; much-awaited