tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
with a friendly grin; smilingly
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
expression; presentation; representation; notation
laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (type of laser eye surgery); LASIK
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to be surprised; to be astonished
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
waste of time; killing time
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)