mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
as far as the eye can see
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
fat; chubby; fatso; fatty; fat person
person who is ...; thing that is ...
smoothly; easily; readily
recitation; reciting from memory
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to collect; to assemble; to gather
line; queue; procession; matrix