your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger
there are no shortcuts in learning
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
infant; baby; little child
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
quiet; still; surreptitious
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
leaving; quitting; retiring
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
incessant talking; rapid talking
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
to work hard; to work diligently
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
honorable certificate; honourable certificate