resignation; acceptance; consolation
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
this and that; one thing or another
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
if you think about it; come to think of it
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
something like ...; something called ...
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
for example; for instance; e.g.
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
even if not; even without
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
genius; prodigy; natural gift
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)