form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
mock interview; practice interview
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
promising without due consideration
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
admiration; wonder; astonishment
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
then; and (then); in that case; if so
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
low table; table with very short legs
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
mixed race; mixed parentage
infancy; childhood; tender age
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
to sell off; to dispose of
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
since then; from that time; ever since
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
contact; touch; contact lens
hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher