absolute beginner; complete amateur
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
power; authority; jurisdiction
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
invitation; introduction; temptation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
Swiss roll; jelly roll; roll cake
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
mille-feuille (type of pastry)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
perfect; complete; flawless
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
to begin; to set about; to start
to follow another's example
winter vacation; winter holidays