lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
present continuous tense; present progressive form
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
for example; for instance; e.g.
to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to settle (in a place); to settle down
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom