crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
product; produce; result; fruit
just because; even if; even though
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
point in question (at issue)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
measurement error; calculation error
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
to check someone's temperature
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
to make short work of; to eat up quickly
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
conquest; domination; mastery
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
automatic; intransitive verb
hard-to-get-into school; elite school; highly-selective school