fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
preference; priority; precedence
regular (periodic) examination
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
relatively; comparatively
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to shake; to waver; to tremble
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair