blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to cover fully; to wrap around
journal; magazine; periodical
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to be rearranged or transposed
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
other than; excluding; without
clear; precise; definite; distinct
spine; backbone; spinal column
club activities; extracurricular activities
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to put on flesh; to get fat; to gain weight
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
summer vacation; summer holiday
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to lie down; to throw oneself down
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
publication of results; announcement of results
finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others