childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
police officer; policeman; policewoman
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
even if; even though; however; no matter how
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
as a child; when one was a child
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
decision; settlement; definition
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
place; room; margin; scope
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
early on; earlier on; from early
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown