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 (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
solution; solution strategy
yearned for; longed for; missed
rating; classification; allocation; grading
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
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
foot; tootsie; tootsy; toddle; walk
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
side effect; adverse reaction
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
even so; anyhow; at any rate
lack of information; data deficiency
to refuse; to decline; to deny
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in