to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
theatre; theater; playhouse
step; stride; counter for steps
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
thickness; profundity; depth
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
wrestler's ceremonial leg raising and stomping
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
systematic; regular; routine
desperately; for one's dear life
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
land subsidence; decline in influence
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
this (very thing); this precisely
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
shooting up one after another
single-mother household; fatherless family
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
whispering into a person's ear
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
correction; rectification; mending; repair
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
department store; department