filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
burning off a field (in early spring)
to kill by burning to death
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
(in) his way; peculiar to him
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
ambitious; motivated; willful
to that degree; to that extent; that much
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
out of character; unlike one
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
trembling from fear; trembling all over
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to shake off; to throw off
power; might; authority; influence
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
flipping (e.g. a page); peeling off; fluently
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
finishing blow; coup de grâce
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say