laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
inside one's heart; in one's mind
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
weak child; frail child; gangly child
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to do together; to share; to participate in
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
city councillor; city councilor; city assemblyman
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
to be to the point; to be pertinent
pronunciation; production of sound
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
going through; going via; going by way of
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
solution; solution strategy
yearned for; longed for; missed
rating; ranking; grading; classification
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
scale; scales; bathroom scale; weighing machine
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk