busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
lately; recently; nowadays
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
all over; all over the place; everywhere
head; brains; intellect; understanding
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
very young; little; childish; immature
100,000,000; one hundred million
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
tedious; boring; being fed up with
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
be (that) as it may; having said that
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...