to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
(for the) first time in one's life
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
conviction; belief; confidence
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
close; intimate; on good terms
to be exhausted; to be worn out
Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz
capacity; volume; capacitance
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
lying heavy on the stomach; being uneasily digested
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint