leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
pain of love; love troubles
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
all night long; all through the night
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
to refer to; to use as reference
free ticket; free admission ticket
preference; priority; precedence
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to be given up; to be discontinued
to remain married for life
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to put on airs; to assume importance
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
lost property; something dropped and left behind
gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; stealing
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
contrived; false-sounding
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
to strangle; to constrict
to take to task; to take it out on
professor; teaching; instruction