light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
performer; entertainer; celebrity
several years; a few years
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to skip over (while reading); to skim
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
neck; head; dismissal; discharge