to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
loan shark; high-interest consumer finance firm
debt collection; debt collector
to chase; to run after; to pursue
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
for the first time in one's life
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
primary school; elementary school; grade school
corridor; hallway; passageway
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
physical education; PE; gym (class)
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
in the same way as; just like
sympathy; compassion; pity
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to look forward to something
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
three; three years of age
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
washing with water; rinsing; flushing
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
no, not like that (but like this)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
hollow; cavity; hole; cave