after school (at the end of the day)
sailor; boatman; passenger
to throw down the gauntlet
hiding one's embarrassment
Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom; rock in the Rhine
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
illegal channel; back channel; black market
starting lineup; player in the starting lineup
young pine; New Year's symbolic pine decoration
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
girls' or women's division or section
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
healing (esp. through alternative therapies, music, color therapy, supernatural powers, etc.)
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
over-fond parent; doting parent
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat