being startled; getting a shock
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
attendance (at school); going to school
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
to stop walking; to pause
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
behind; in the rear; in back
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
before the gate; in front of the gate
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
staff; member (club, society, etc.)