actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
young person; youth; young
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
until now; so far; up to the present
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted