best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
Wonderland (fictional locale created by author Lewis Carroll)
cannot be compared with; no match for
bouncing a ball against a wall (tennis exercise)
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
straight-laced person; stubborn person
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
voice training; vocal exercises
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
hypnopaedia; hypnopedia; sleep-learning
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
from here; from this place