slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
overanxiety; needless worry
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
very; extremely; excessively
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
inside; interior; inner part
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
having said that; on the other hand
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
homeroom; form room; form class
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet