to be able to manage somehow or another
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
like this; in this way; as you see
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
young girl; lass; adolescent female
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
fortune-telling; divination
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
number of (large) animals
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
impossible to do (although wants to)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
way; method; means; resource; course
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
the same as always; day after day
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
Indian summer (around November); mild late autumn weather; mild late fall weather
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
man proposes, God disposes; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
(a) vein; (a) thread (of connection)
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean