working in the fields; working on a farm
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
second-year student; biennial
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
head of the student council; president of the student council
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
president (of a society); chairman
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
this and that; one thing and another
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
clicking; clopping; clacking
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly