flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
exit; way out; outlet; vent
Earth Horse (55th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
to change completely; to change suddenly
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to all be in attendance (at a meeting, etc.); to all gather together
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
minimum; at the very least
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
sitting feel (of a seat); seating comfort
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
tools and materials; equipment and materials
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
rat (esp. a laboratory rat)
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
form; shape; figure; morph
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
power; authority; jurisdiction
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
shutout; shutting out; lock-out; freeze-out
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
natural history; wide learning; broad area of learning
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
headquarters; head office; main office