online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
hot topic; talk of the town
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)
planned; scheduled; systematic
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to perceive; to understand
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
staying the night; lodging (at)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to comfort; to console; to amuse
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
emotional scars; mental trauma
commuting to school; school commute
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
stature; height; size; physique
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
woman; female; feminine gender
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to go past; to pass; to pass by