had better ...; had better not ...
absorption; suction; attraction
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
journal; magazine; periodical
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
six (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to squeeze out; to wring out
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
difference; variation; difference
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
two persons; two people; pair; couple
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
vocational school; technical school
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
trivial; not amounting to much
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively