information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to choke; to have trouble breathing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
future (usually near); prospects
finding employment; getting a job
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
another's parent; another's parents
very popular; highly favoured
remembrance; recollection; recognition
meaning; significance; sense
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
absence; disregard; indifference
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(not) even once; (not) ever
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to behave well (of a child)