matter for great congratulation
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
study of foreign languages; linguistics
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
plural; multiple; several
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
the way back; the way home; return trip
department store; department
impulse buying; impulse purchase
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
such; like that; that sort of; very
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
to be reminded of; to call to mind
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly