route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
daily update; updating daily
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
fine weather; fair weather
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
manners; courtesy; etiquette
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
national holiday; festival day
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
household economy; family finances
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
the teaching profession; education of laity
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
principle of laissez-faire
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash