fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
extended leave; long vacation
Golden Week; string of public holidays in late April-early May
Bon holidays (in mid-August); Bon holiday period
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
March; third month of the lunar calendar
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
mouse (esp. a laboratory mouse); (computer) mouse; mouth
(mouse) click; click (sound)
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
ADHD; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
hyperactivity (of a child)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common