aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
outcast; odd man out; pariah
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
to examine someone's expression
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
great hurry; great haste; rush
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
straightforwardly; being outspoken
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
open; public; official; overt
good prospects; full of hope; promising
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
senior high school; high school
new student; freshman; first-year student
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
just one person; only one
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death