garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
how; in what way; by what means
practice; practising; experience
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
annual (plant); first-year student
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
commuting to school; school commute
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
failure; mistake; blunder
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
lately; recently; nowadays
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of