same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
long ago; already; a long time ago
height (of body); stature
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
only; merely; but; no more than
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to pull in (fish); to land
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
still; even now; to this day
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
student's handbook; small notebook that also acts as a student ID
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
genuine article; real thing; real deal
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology