being argued into silence; being left speechless
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
such; like that; in that way
even though; despite; when
day after day; day by day
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
promotion (school, military, etc.)
close; intimate; on good terms
computer-scored answer sheet; optical answer sheet; scantron; bubble sheet
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
suspension bridge; rope bridge
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that