melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
talking while standing; standing around talking
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
president (of a society); chairman
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
outward appearance; apparent
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
any more; any further; any better; any longer
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
right in the center (centre)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
correction; rectification; mending; repair
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
useful thing; usable article
pessimism; negative thinking
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to collect; to assemble; to gather
last night; yesterday evening
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
in its entirety; whole; wholly
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff