to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
that's the way it is; such is life
to breathe out; to exhale
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
menopause; change of life
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
leather shoes; leather boots
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage