unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
sharp sighted; easily awakened
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
front; frontage; facade; main
cold (drinking) water; (glass of) cold water; cold boiled rice
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
concentrated sulfuric acid; concentrated sulphuric acid
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
agricultural chemical (i.e. pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, etc.); agrochemical; agrichemical
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
to go past; to pass; to pass by
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway